lyophilic
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adj
- Having an affinity for the dispersion medium and thus not easily precipitated.
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US, c. 1908; compare earlier lyophilize (1894). lyo- (“solvent, dispersion”) + -philic (“having affinity for”), from Ancient Greek λύω (lúō, “to loosen, to dissolve”) + φίλος (phílos, “beloved”) + Latin -icus.
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