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Definition of Acidophil
1. Noun. An organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment.
Generic synonyms: Bacteria, Bacterium
Derivative terms: Acidophilic, Acidophilic
Definition of Acidophil
1. Noun. (immunology) Less common term for an eosinophil. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acidophil
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Acidophil
1. 1. One of the acid-staining cells of the anterior pituitary. 2. A microorganism that grows well in a highly acid media. Synonym: acidophilic. Origin: acid + G. Philos, fond (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acidophil
Literary usage of Acidophil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1921)
"In cases of acromegaly with non-acidophilic tumors of the pituitary the possibility
of a progression beyond the acidophil stage must also be borne in mind. ..."
2. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North (1916)
"Ree., ix, 6) describes acidophil nuclei and chromosomes in the mesenchyma and
blood cells of the lamprey larva. In certain dividing cells at telophase one ..."
3. Bacteriology by Arthur Isaac Kendall (1921)
"Bacillus acidophil-aerogenes. ... acidophil-aerogenes failed to agglutinate
Bacillus acidophilus, and vice versa, indicating that the two organisms are ..."
4. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1903)
"The filaments appeared to be quite devoid of protoplasm. The occurrence of swarms
of fibro-blastic cells stuffed with coarse acidophil and ..."
5. Physiological histology, methods and theory by Gustav Mann (1902)
"Ehrlich's acidophil mixture 'C,' containing three colour acids, namely eosin,
... Ehrlich stains blood-films in this mixture, to obtain the acidophil or ..."
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