lyophobe, a. Physical Chem.
(ˈlaɪəfəʊb)
[ad. G. lyophob (Freundlich & Neumann 1908, in Zeitschr. f. Chem. und Ind. d. Kolloide III. 81/2), f. Gr. λύ-ειν to loosen: see -phobe.]
= lyophobic a.
| 1915 [see lyophile a. 1]. 1927 H. S. van Klooster tr. Kruyt's Colloids i. 10 The suspensoids, or lyophobe colloids..are systems in which most of their physical properties differ only slightly from their dispersion media. 1941 [see lyophile a. 1]. |