WATER-SOLUBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water-soluble mean? 

• WATER-SOLUBLE (adjective)
  The adjective WATER-SOLUBLE has 1 sense:

1. soluble in water

  Familiarity information: WATER-SOLUBLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATER-SOLUBLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Soluble in water

Similar:

soluble ((of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water))

 Context examples 

A water-soluble prodrug of ceftobiprole, a pyrrolidinone cephalosporin antibiotic, with bactericidal activity.

(Ceftobiprole Medocaril, NCI Thesaurus)

A semisynthetic water-soluble derivative of the antineoplastic antibiotic duocarmycin B2.

(Pibrozelesin, NCI Thesaurus)

The calcium salt of the water-soluble vitamin B5, ubiquitously found in plants and animal tissues with antioxidant property.

(Calcium Pantothenate, NCI Thesaurus)

A water-soluble, synthetic small molecule with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Cenisertib, NCI Thesaurus)

A water-soluble vitamin ubiquitously found in plants and animal tissues with antioxidant property.

(Pantothenic acid, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the conjugated or water-soluble bilirubin in a biological specimen.

(Direct Bilirubin Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Water-soluble vitamin that is a component of coenzyme A and phosphopantetheine, which are involved in fatty acid metabolism.

(Pantothenic acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A water-soluble nitrosoureido sugar derived from acosamine, with alkylating activity.

(Ecomustine, NCI Thesaurus)

Water-soluble vitamin that is a coenzyme in bicarbonate-dependent carboxylation.

(Biotin, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

The sodium salt of camptothecin is more water-soluble than the parent molecule.

(Camptothecin Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)