| lyophilic | <chemistry> Characteristic of a material that readily forms a colloidal suspension. Molecules of the solvent form a shell around the particles, if the solvent is water then hydrophilic. (20 Mar 1998) |
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| lyophilic colloid | A colloidal dispersion in which the dispersed particles are more or less liquid and exert a certain attraction on and absorb a certain quantity of the fluid in which they are suspended. Synonym: emulsion colloid, hydrophil colloid, hydrophilic colloid, lyophilic colloid. (05 Mar 2000) |