|
Definition of Hydrophilic
1. Adjective. Having a strong affinity for water; tending to dissolve in, mix with, or be wetted by water.
Definition of Hydrophilic
1. Adjective. (physics chemistry) having an affinity for water; able to absorb, or be wetted by water ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hydrophilic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Hydrophilic
1.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrophilic
Literary usage of Hydrophilic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"On the other hand, excess of the hydrophilic colloid prevents precipitation ...
Solutions of hydrophilic colloids, when very viscid, form jellies or "gels," ..."
2. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Food and Drugs, PT. 200-299, Revised by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"Esophageal obstruction and asphyxiation due to orally-administered drug products
containing water-soluble gums, hydrophilic gums, and hydrophylic ..."
3. Soaps and Proteins: Their Colloid Chemistry in Theory and Practice by Martin Fischer, George D. McLaughlin, Marian Osgood Hooker (1921)
"It is well to state at once what we hold to be the relationship between these
findings and our previous considerations of the hydrophilic properties of ..."
4. Fats and Fatty Degeneration: A Physico-chemical Study of Emulsions and the by Martin Fischer, Marian Osgood Hooker (1917)
"But agents which dehydrate the hydrophilic colloid act even more rapidly and
effectively. What will prove to be an effective agent in this regard depends, ..."
5. Second Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of ...by Scott M. Grundy by Scott M. Grundy (1997)
"Cholesterol- lowering effects of psyllium hydrophilic mucilloid for ... Comparison of
psyllium hydrophilic mucilloid and cellulose as adjuncts to a prudent ..."
6. Effects of the Eruptions of Mount St. Helens on Physical, Chemical, and by Douglas B. Lee (1998)
"In contrast, rather than being refractory: [hydrophilic acids] include many
organic acids readily utilized by bacteria and other heterotrophic ..."