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Amphiphilic
(of a molecule) Being a detergent: having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic (or lipophilic) groups.
📖 Definitions of "Amphiphilic"
adjective
- 1
(of a molecule) Being a detergent: having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic (or lipophilic) groups.
- 2
(of a protein, especially an alpha helix) Having one surface consisting of hydrophilic amino acids and the opposite surface consisting of hydrophobic (or lipophilic) ones.
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