Lipophilia

LIPOPHILIA: property possessed by some substances to blend well in fats, oils, lipids and non-polar solvents such as hexane or toluene.

These non-polar solvents are themselves lipophilic; therefore, confirming the "axiom" like dissolves like ", lipophilic substances are able to dissolve in other lipophilic substances. On the contrary, hydrophilic substances (water-loving) tend to dissolve in" water and other hydrophilic substances, " but not in the oily phases.

Often the term lipophilic is used as a synonym for hydrophobic or apolar (not soluble in water). In reality there are rare cases of substances, such as silicones and fluorocarbons, which are hydrophobic but not lipophilic.