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lyophobe
lyophobe
English
Noun
lyophobe (plural lyophobes)
Antonyms
Adjective
lyophobe (comparative more lyophobe, superlative most lyophobe)
- (chemistry) lyophobic
- 1900, United States Bureau of Soils, p. 148:
- As a class, the soil colloids seem to be related more nearly to the lyophobe than to the lyophile colloids, although materials isolated from some soils approach lyophile colloids in their ability to swell.
- 1900, United States Bureau of Soils, p. 148: