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Definition of Acidophile
1. Noun. An organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment.
Generic synonyms: Bacteria, Bacterium
Derivative terms: Acidophilic, Acidophilic
Definition of Acidophile
1. Noun. an organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile ¹
2. Noun. a plant that will thrive in relatively acid soil ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acidophile
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Acidophile
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Acidophile
Literary usage of Acidophile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies on the Nervous System of the White Rat and the Foetal Cat by Shinkishi Hatai (1902)
"The present writer agrees with the view of LEV: in so far as he describes the
nucleolus as a group of the acidophile particles which are surrounded by the ..."
2. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1900)
"The acidophile reticulum is seen in the axone hillock extending out as delicate
longitudinal striations into the axis cylinder. ..."
3. Transactions of the Pathological Society of London by Pathological Society of London (1906)
"Some have acidophile or faintly basophil cytoplasms, and some have
neutrophilic (myelocytes) or eosinophilic granules. Cells with rather small, clear, ..."
4. Clinical pathology of the blood: A Treatise on the General Principles and by James Ewing (1903)
"According to their reactions to these dyes the granules of leucocytes in human
blood may be divided into three main groups, baso- phile, acidophile ..."
5. The Lymphatics: General Anatomy of the Lymphatics by Gabriel Delamare, Bernard Cunéo, Cecil Huntington Leaf (1904)
"In favour of a should be mentioned not only its marked acidophile nature, ...
We may also observe that though the acidophile granules are very scattered in ..."
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