hydrophobic

1. Repelling, tending not to combine with, or incapable of dissolving in water.
2. Of or exhibiting hydrophobia.

Lacking affinity for water. See lyophobic.

Property of paper or other material that repels water. See also absorption.

1. pertaining to hydrophobia (rabies).
2. repelling water; insoluble in water; not readily absorbing water.

• h. interaction — interaction of nonpolar (un-ionizable) hydrocarbon molecules forced together because of stronger water–water interaction.
• h. signal peptides — 15 to 30 amino acids located at or near the N-terminus of a protein that always includes a hydrophobic core of at least eight nonpolar amino acids, found in proteins that are synthesized on membrane bound ribosomes and destined for export from the cell.

Common misspelling(s) of hydrophobic

• hydropobic