lipophilic

English

Etymology

From lipo- (“lipid”) +‎ -philic (“loving”).

Adjective

lipophilic (comparative more lipophilic, superlative most lipophilic)

1. Having the quality of dissolving in lipids; typically composed of mostly nonpolar bonds.

Antonyms

• hydrophilic

Derived terms

• lipophilicity
• nonlipophilic

Translations

having the quality of dissolving in lipids

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 親脂性／亲脂性 (qīnzhīxìng)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: rasvahakuinen, lipofiilinen (fi)
• French: liposoluble (fr)
• German: lipophil (de), fettlöslich (de)
• Greek: λιπόφιλος (lipófilos)
• Hungarian: lipofil
• Icelandic: fitusækinn m
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: lipofilowy, lipofilny
• Portuguese: lipofílico
• Russian: жирораствори́мый (ru) (žirorastvorímyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: lipofilan
• Slovene: lipofilen
• Spanish: lipofílico (es)
• Swedish: lipofil
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: lipofilik