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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
amphipathic /ˌamfɪˈpaθɪk/ (also amphiphilic /ˌamfɪˈfɪlɪk/)

▶adjective Biochemistry (of a molecule) having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic parts.

– origin 1930s: from amphi- + Gk pathikos (from pathos ‘experience’).

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