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Meaning of amphiphilic

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amphiphilic

adjective

Definitions

  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.