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lyophobic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lyopho-bic
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having no affinity for the dispersion medium and thus easily precipitated.

Etymology

From lyo- (“solvent, dispersion”) + -phobic (“having aversion to”), from Ancient Greek λύω (lúō, “to loosen, to dissolve”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”) + Latin -icus.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more lyophobic (comparative) most lyophobic (superlative)

Synonyms

lyophobe

Antonyms

lyophile lyophilic

Questions

What does lyophobic mean?
Having no affinity for the dispersion medium and thus easily precipitated.
Where does lyophobic come from?
From lyo- (“solvent, dispersion”) + -phobic (“having aversion to”), from Ancient Greek λύω (lúō, “to loosen, to dissolve”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”) + Latin -icus.

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