AMPHIPATHIC


Meaning of AMPHIPATHIC in English

/am'feuh path"ik/ , adj. Chem.

(of a molecule) having two different affinities, as a polar end that is attracted to water and a nonpolar end that is repelled by it.

[ 1970-75; AMPHI- + -PATHIC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .