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What is the adjective for hydrophobe?

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hydrophobized
  1. Made hydrophobic
  2. Subject to hydrophobization
hydrophilic
  1. (physics) Having an affinity for water; able to absorb, or be wetted by water; water-loving.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “It is worthwhile trying different batches of carbon film which are either hydrophilic or hydrophobic.”
      “This reduction of quercetin potentially gives QC the same anticancer effects of quercetin with the hydrophilic effect of a chalcone.”
      “Most vegetation occurs as emergents, or hydrophilic species along the river's edge.”
hydrophobic
  1. (physics) Lacking an affinity for water; unable to absorb, or be wetted by water.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The hydrophobic coating on the surface of the car prevented the rainwater from clinging to its surface.”
      “Thus, the adsorption and affinity of each protein studied should be quite different when they are adsorbed on a hydrophobic surface.”
      “This fold gathers the hydrophobic residues such that the acyl side chains have a reduced exposure to water.”
hydrophobic
  1. Of, or having, hydrophobia (rabies).
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The hydrophobic coating on the surface of the car prevented the rainwater from clinging to its surface.”
      “Thus, the adsorption and affinity of each protein studied should be quite different when they are adsorbed on a hydrophobic surface.”
      “This fold gathers the hydrophobic residues such that the acyl side chains have a reduced exposure to water.”
hydrophobised
  1. Alternative spelling of hydrophobized
hydrophobous
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