amphiphilic (English, adj)
expansion: amphiphilic (comparative more amphiphilic, superlative most amphiphilic)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Being a detergent: having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic (or lipophilic) groups.
raw_tags: of a molecule
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having one surface consisting of hydrophilic amino acids and the opposite surface consisting of hydrophobic (or lipophilic) ones.
raw_tags: of a protein
Forms:
form: more amphiphilic
tags: comparative
form: most amphiphilic
tags: superlative