Meaning

2 senses

  1. Any hydrophilic substance.

  2. Any organism that thrives in the presence of water.

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From hydro- + -phile.

From hydro- + -phile.

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Forms

plural: hydrophiles
Singularhydrophile
Pluralhydrophiles

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedhydrophilize

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hydrocarbonhydrochlorichydroelectrichydrogenhydrophobichydroponichydropowerhydrotherapy
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