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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | © A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

hydrophilic Applied to a molecule or surface that can become wetted or solvated by water. This ability is characteristic of polar compounds (see POLAR MOLECULE).

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