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Definition of hydrophobic
1 : of, relating to, or suffering from hydrophobia
2 : lacking affinity for water
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Kids were told the term for the sand is hydrophobic sand.
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My favorite piece was a white table coated in a hydrophobic substance on which Troemel poured a bottle of green Gatorade and a bottle of yellow Gatorade.
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First Known Use of hydrophobic
1807
Medical Dictionary
hydrophobic
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adjective
hy·dro·pho·bic
\-ˈfō-bik\
Medical Definition of hydrophobic
1: of, relating to, or suffering from hydrophobia
2: resistant to or avoiding wetting a hydrophobic lens
3: of, relating to, or having a lack of affinity for water hydrophobic colloids are relatively unstable—compare lyophobic, oleophobic
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