Dictionary

amphiphilic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi Ancient Greek ἀμφίς (amphís)lbor. English amphi- English -philic English amphiphilic From amphi- + -philic.

Meanings

1. (of a molecule) Being a detergent: having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic (or lipophilic) groups.
   • Sequential living polymerizations of hydrophilic and hydrophobic vinyl ethers from these trifunctional initiators give amphiphilic triarmed block copolymers where the hydrophilic segments may be placed either inner or outer layer of the three arms. 1997, Hatada, Macromolecular Design of Polymeric Materials, →ISBN, page 45:
2. (of a protein) Having one surface consisting of hydrophilic amino acids and the opposite surface consisting of hydrophobic (or lipophilic) ones.

Forms

Deriveds

amphiphilically · nonamphiphilic · amphiphilicity

Relateds

surfactant · amphiphobic · amphoteric · amphipathic · amphiprotic

Translations (9)

fi amfifiilinen (having one surface consisting of hydrophilic amino acids and the opposite surface consisting of hydrophobic (or lipophilic) ones) · es anfifílico (having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic (or lipophilic) groups) · pt anfifílico (having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic (or lipophilic) groups) · pt anfifílico (having one surface consisting of hydrophilic amino acids and the opposite surface consisting of hydrophobic (or lipophilic) ones) · it anfifilico (having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic (or lipophilic) groups) · it anfifilico (having one surface consisting of hydrophilic amino acids and the opposite surface consisting of hydrophobic (or lipophilic) ones) · fi yhteisliukoinen (having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic (or lipophilic) groups) · fi amfifiilinen (having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic (or lipophilic) groups) · es anfifílico (having one surface consisting of hydrophilic amino acids and the opposite surface consisting of hydrophobic (or lipophilic) ones)