Usually means: Attracted to electron-rich regions.
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  1. electrophilic: Merriam-Webster
  2. electrophilic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. electrophilic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. electrophilic: Wiktionary
  5. electrophilic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. electrophilic: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. electrophilic: Dictionary.com
  8. Electrophilic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. electrophilic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. electrophilic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. electrophilic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. Electrophilic: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (electrophilic)

▸ adjective:  (chemistry) of, or relating to an electrophile; electron deficient

Similar:
electrophylic, nucleophilic, electrophoric, electronic, electrotrophic, electrophoretical, ionophilic, electropathic, electrophoretic, electrophotometric, more...

Opposite:
nucleophilic, electrophobic, electron-rich

Types:
Lewis acid, Brønsted acid, proton, more...

Phrases:
electrophilic substitution, Electrophilic aromatic directing groups, Electrophilic aromatic substitution, Electrophilic fluorination, Electrophilic addition, more...

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Similar:
electrophylic, nucleophilic, electrophoric, electronic, electrotrophic, electrophoretical, ionophilic, electropathic, electrophoretic, electrophotometric, more...

Opposite:
nucleophilic, electrophobic, electron-rich

Types:
Lewis acid, Brønsted acid, proton, more...

Phrases:
electrophilic substitution, Electrophilic aromatic directing groups, Electrophilic aromatic substitution, Electrophilic fluorination, Electrophilic addition, more...



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