Etymology

lyophile

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Today it means: a lyophilic substance Full definition →

French lyophile
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  1. French · derived fromlyophile“lyophilic”
  2. English todaylyophile

From lyo- + -phile, c. 1900, US, perhaps from French lyophile (“lyophilic”).

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