-phil

-phil

 

word element [Gr.], one having an affinity for something. Also, -phile. adj., adj -phil´ic.

-phil

, -phile-philic-philia

Affinity for, craving for.
See also: philo-.

[G. philos, fond, loving; phileō, to love]

-phil

word element [Gr.], one having an affinity for something. Also -phile. -phil´ic

-phil, -philic, -philous

suffix meaning "of that which has an attraction to or is stained by": chromaphil, hydrophil, lipophil.

-phil

, -phile , -philic , -philia

Combining forms denoting affinity for, craving for.

[G. philos, fond, loving; phileō, to love]