hydrophobic
/hʌɪdrə(ʊ)ˈfəʊbɪk
/adjective
1Tending to repel or fail to mix with water. The opposite of hydrophilic.The polyurethane foam does not hold moisture and is hydrophobic (water repelling)....
- This part of the molecule is called hydrophobic, meaning water-hating.
- With this kind of dual nature, the hydrophilic part will face the water and the hydrophobic part will exclude water.
2Of or suffering from hydrophobia.
Derivatives
hydrophobicity
- The amount of dimer that exists in organic solvents often increases with increasing solvent hydrophobicity (decreasing dielectric).
- This is a significant drawback because the dependency of intermembrane transfer on lipid hydrophobicity is a very useful criterion when assessing the mechanism of transfer.
- The researchers found that beta-peptides showed similar trends, with decreases in hydrophobicity leading to greater selectivity for bacterial cells.