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Definition of Hydrophobic
1. Adjective. Lacking affinity for water; tending to repel and not absorb water; tending not to dissolve in or mix with or be wetted by water.
Antonyms: Hydrophilic
Derivative terms: Hydrophobicity
2. Adjective. Abnormally afraid of water.
Definition of Hydrophobic
1. a. Of or pertaining to hydrophobia; producing or caused by rabies; as, hydrophobic symptoms; the hydrophobic poison.
Definition of Hydrophobic
1. Adjective. (physics chemistry) Lacking an affinity for water; unable to absorb, or be wetted by water. ¹
2. Adjective. Of, or having hydrophobia (rabies). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hydrophobic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Hydrophobic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrophobic
Literary usage of Hydrophobic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Thus when hydrophobic bonding brings together the catalyst and substrate in one
... Since this model claims that hydrophobic bond formation is a partial ..."
2. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1866)
"... hydrophobic dread of water. The spasms in hydro- beyond. Tet he ie still
capable of being soothed with caresses und kind words, »nd ч~! ..."
3. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use by Austin Flint, William Henry Welch (1886)
""'f "' that they acquire immunity against the str,/ -- -~~. from hydrophobic
rabbits). Pasteur ha> b. tl ~ - "~ "ft his method of preventive inoculation to ..."
4. A Biennial Retrospect of Medicine, Surgery and Their Allied Sciences by New Sydenham Society (1875)
"... of hydrophobic patients, and the principal symptoms may be referred to the
function of ... hydrophobic ..."
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