Medical Definition of Hydrophobic effect

1. The tendency for the nonpolar portions of a group of lipid molecules to clump together with one another and exclude water and other polar molecules. The polar portions of the lipid molecules end up facing out. The hydrophobic effect is primarily responsible for the construction of lipid bilayers. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrophobic Effect

hydrophilic petrolatum
hydrophilic signaling molecule
hydrophilous
hydrophily
hydrophlorone
hydrophobia
hydrophobia
hydrophobias
hydrophobic
hydrophobic
hydrophobicity
hydrophobicity
hydrophobic bond
hydrophobic bonding
hydrophobic colloid
hydrophobic effect (current term)
hydrophobic interaction
hydrophobic tetanus
hydrophoby
hydrophone
hydrophones
hydrophora
hydrophorograph
hydrophthalmia
hydrophthalmos
Hydrophyidae
Hydrophyllaceae
hydrophyllium
Hydrophyllum
Hydrophyllum virginianum

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