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ACIDOPHILIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium
Synonyms:
acidophilic; acidophilous; aciduric
Classified under:
Similar:
acid-loving (thriving in a relatively acidic environment (especially of plants requiring a pH well below 7))
Derivation:
acidophil; acidophile (an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment)
Context examples:
A small, irregularly stellate, acidophilic cell of the adenohypophysis, having small, sparsely distributed secretory granules and secreting adrenocorticotropic hormone and b-endorphin, which are cleaved from a large prohormone called pro-opiomelanocortin.
(Corticotroph Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
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