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Portuguese
Etymology
From anfi- + -pático.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: an‧fi‧pá‧ti‧co
Adjective
anfipático (feminine anfipática, masculine plural anfipáticos, feminine plural anfipáticas)
- (chemistry, of a molecule) amphipathic (having both hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups)
- (biochemistry, of an alpha helix) amphipathic (having one surface with hydrophilic amino acids and the opposite surface with hydrophobic or lipophilic aminoacids)
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Spanish
Etymology
From anfi- + -pático, a calque of English amphipathic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anfiˈpatiko/
- Rhymes: -atiko
- Syllabification: an‧fi‧pá‧ti‧co
Adjective
anfipático (feminine anfipática, masculine plural anfipáticos, feminine plural anfipáticas)
- (chemistry) amphipathic
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