Portuguese

Adjective

anfifílico m ‎(feminine singular anfifílica, masculine plural anfifílicos, feminine plural anfifílicas, comparable)

1. (chemistry, of a molecule) amphiphilic (having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic (or lipophilic) groups)
2. (biochemistry, of a protein, especially an alpha helix) amphiphilic (having one surface consisting of hydrophilic amino acids and the opposite surface consisting of hydrophobic (or lipophilic) ones)