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Suffixes with the common part -phil- (-phile, -philia, -phily, -philic) are used to specify some kind of attraction or affinity to something. They are antonymic to suffixes -phob-.

Phil- (philo-) may also be used as a prefix with a similar meaning.

The suffix and prefix are derived from the greek word Philia (φιλία), "love", "affection".

Biology

  • acidophilia / acidophile: Preference of acidic conditions
  • alkaliphilia / alkaliphile: Preference of alkaline environments.
  • anthophilia / anthophile / anthophilic: Attraction to flowers.
  • anthrophile / anthrophilic: Attracted to humans (e.g., parasites).
  • anemophily: a form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind.
  • cryophilia / cryophilic / cryophile: Preference for cold environments, climates, objects and low temperatures; e.g., Protea cryophila (Snow Protea).
  • dendrophilia / dendrophilic / dendrophile: Preference of trees or other plants.
  • entomophilous: Adapted for pollination by insects.
  • extremophilia / extremophile: Preference of living extremal conditions for some microorganisms.
  • geophilia / geophilic / Geophile Referring to organisms that prefer the soil.
  • halophilia / halophile: Attraction/attracted to salt or salt-water.
  • heliophilia / heliophile: Attraction/attracted to sunlight.
  • hydrophilia: Attraction to water.
  • hyperthermophilia / hyperthermophile / hyperthermophilic: Describing organisms that thrive in extremely hot environments.
  • limnophilia / limnophile / limnophilic: Preference of ponds or marshes.
  • lithophilia / lithophile / litophilic: Preference/affinity to stones.
  • mesophilia / mesophile: Preference of moderate temperatures in microorganisms.
  • microaerophilia / microaerophile / Microaerophilic: of organisms that can tolerate or require environments containing low levels of oxygen.
  • myrmecophilia: in names of orchids of genus myrmecophila, "love of ants"
  • nemophilia: Love of the woods/forests, in the name of the genus Nemophilia of flowers.
  • necrophilia necrophile: attraction to the dead
  • nyctophilia: A preference for darkness or night.
  • ombrophilia / ombrophile: Affinity/affined to large amounts of rainfall.
  • petrophilia / petrophile / petrophilic: Preference of living or spending time in rocky areas.
  • photophilia / photophile / photophilic: Preference of living or spending time in lighted conditions.
  • psammophile: A plant loving sandy areas (psammophyte).
  • psychrophilia / psychrophile: Preference of cold temperatures.
  • rheophilia: Preference of living in running water.
  • rhizophilia: Preference of living on roots.
  • sciaphilia or skiaphilia: Preference of living in shady or dark areas (as opposed to photophilia).
  • thermophilia: Love of high temperatures; thriving in high temperatures (e.g. microbes).
  • tropophilia / tropophile / tropophilous: Preference of seasonal extremes of climate.
  • xerophilia: Love of living or spending time in very dry conditions.
  • xylophilia: Love of wood.
  • zoophily: a form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by animals.

Chemistry and Physics

  • chromophilous: Staining easily
  • electrophile: A substance having an affinity for electrons or negative charge
  • lipophilic: (of a substance) attracted to lipids, as in cell membranes.
  • litophilic: (of a substance) In microfluidics, enriching on channel walls instead of in the middle of the channels. (e.g. air bubbles)
  • nucleophile: A substance having an affinity for positive charge; antonym of electrophile.
  • hydrophilic: (of a substance) having a tendency to interact with or be dissolved by water and other polar substances

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