LIPOPHILIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lipophilic mean? 

• LIPOPHILIC (adjective)
  The adjective LIPOPHILIC has 1 sense:

1. having an affinity for lipids

  Familiarity information: LIPOPHILIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIPOPHILIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having an affinity for lipids

Synonyms:

lipophilic; lipotropic

Similar:

oleophilic (having a strong affinity for oils rather than water)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

 Context examples 

This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, catalase and urease positive, oxidase and pyrazinamidase negative, non-lipophilic, reduces nitrate, and does not hydrolyze gelatin.

(Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, catalase positive, urease negative, pyrazinamidase positive, reduces nitrate, ferments glucose and sucrose, non-lipophilic, indole negative, and hydrolyzes gelatin.

(Corynebacterium striatum, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, catalase positive, oxidase negative, non-acid fast, non-lipophilic, reduces nitrate, does not hydrolyze urea, starch, or gelatin, and does not ferment glucose, sucrose, or maltose.

(Corynebacterium propinquum, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, catalase positive, oxidase negative, urease negative, pyrazinamidase negative, lipophilic, does not hydrolyze esculin, ferments glucose and sucrose, and reduces nitrate.

(Corynebacterium macginleyi, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, catalase positive, pyrazinamidase positive, esculin negative, non-lipophilic, and ferments glucose and sucrose; some strains are hippurate, and urease positive.

(Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, catalase positive, oxidase negative, pyrazinamidase positive, does not reduce nitrate, lipophilic, does not hydrolyze esculin or gelatin, and does not ferment glucose, maltose, or sucrose.

(Corynebacterium urealyticum, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, catalase positive, pyrazinamidase positive, reduces nitrate, urease negative, non-lipophilic, does not hydrolyze esculin or gelatin, and ferments glucose, sucrose and maltose.

(Corynebacterium xerosis, NCI Thesaurus)

The dihydrochloride salt of nolatrexed, a water-soluble lipophilic quinazoline folate analog with antineoplastic activity.

(Nolatrexed Dihydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

They are lipophilic and can cross the blood-brain barrier.

(Nitrosourea Compound, NCI Thesaurus)

A lipophilic antioxidant with both antiproliferative and lipid-lowering properties.

(Nicanartine, NCI Thesaurus)