anfifílico

See also: anfifilico

Portuguese

Etymology

From anfi- +‎ -fílico.

Adjective

anfifílico m (feminine singular anfifílica, masculine plural anfifílicos, feminine plural anfifílicas, comparable)

  1. (chemistry, of a molecule) amphiphilic (having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic (or lipophilic) groups)
  2. (biochemistry, of a protein, especially an alpha helix) amphiphilic (having one surface consisting of hydrophilic amino acids and the opposite surface consisting of hydrophobic (or lipophilic) ones)
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