Medical Definition of Hydrophilic group

1. A polar group or one that can take part in hydrogen bond formation, for example OH, COOH, NH2. Confers water solubility or in lipids and macromolecules causes part of the structure to make close contact with the aqueous phase. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrophilic Group

hydroperoxyls
hydroperoxys
hydrophane
hydrophanes
hydrophanous
hydrophid
hydrophid venoms
hydrophidae
hydrophids
hydrophil
hydrophile
hydrophiles
hydrophilia
hydrophilic
hydrophilic colloid
hydrophilic group (current term)
hydrophilic ointment
hydrophilic petrolatum
hydrophilic signaling molecule
hydrophilicity
hydrophilid
hydrophilite
hydrophilites
hydrophilous
hydrophily
hydrophlorone
hydrophobe
hydrophobes
hydrophobia
hydrophobias

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