transphilic

== English == === Etymology === From trans- +‎ -philic. === Adjective === transphilic (comparative more transphilic, superlative most transphilic) (rare, derogatory) Exhibiting transphilia. (chemistry) Having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties. 2003, JP Croué, "Evidence for the presence of nitrogenous binding site" (National Institutes of Health): The transphilic acid (TPHA) fraction ("transphilic" meaning fraction of intermediate polarity isolated from the XAD-4 resin) was found to incorporate […] ==== Usage notes ==== The sense referring to transphilia is not in general use; it was coined as an opposite to transphobic by transphobes.