C19: from Greek amphoteros each of two (from amphō both) + -ic
Examples of 'amphiprotic' in a sentence
amphiprotic
The organic solvents used were the amphiprotic (methanol), dipolar aprotic (dimethylsulfoxide), and low basic aprotic (acetonitrile).
MOHAMMAD MAZLOUM-ARDAKANI, SHAHRAM LOTFI, JAHANBAKHSH GHASEMI, ALAHDAD SHABABI, MOHAMMADNOROOZI 2009, 'Spectrophotometric determination of the acidity constants of calcon in water and mixedwater–organic solvents', Journal of the Serbian Chemical Societyhttp://www.shd.org.rs/JSCS/Vol74/No2/07_4029_3819.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)