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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lyophilic /ˌlʌɪə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪk/

▶adjective Chemistry (of a colloid) readily dispersed by a solvent and not easily precipitated.

– origin early 20th cent.: from Gk luein ‘loosen, dissolve’ + philos ‘loving’.

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