-PHOBIC


Meaning of -PHOBIC in English

|fōbik, -bēk also |fäb- adjective combining form

or -pho·bous fəbəs

Etymology: -phobic from French -phobique, from Late Latin -phobicus, from Greek -phobikos, from -phobos fearing + -ikos -ic; phobous from Late Latin -phobus, from Greek -phobos

1. : exhibiting a phobia: having an aversion for

Anglo phobic

calci phobous

helio phobous

2. chemistry : lacking or relating to lack of strong affinity for (such) a substance — opposed to -philic

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