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ACIDIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7)
Classified under:
Similar:
acid (having the characteristics of an acid)
acid-forming (yielding an acid in aqueous solution)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Antonym:
alkaline (relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7)
amphoteric (having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Being sour to the taste
Synonyms:
acid; acidic; acidulent; acidulous
Classified under:
Similar:
sour (having a sharp biting taste)
Context examples:
Chromogranins are acidic secretory glycoproteins with a widespread but specific distribution in neuroendocrine tissues.
(Chromogranin, NCI Thesaurus)
Chromogranin Genes encode Chromogranins, widespread heterogenous acidic soluble glycopropolypeptide constituents of neuroendocrine and chromaffin cell secretory granules that elicit an effect themselves or serve as precursors to many biologically active peptides.
(Chromogranin Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
A condition in which the blood is too acidic.
(Metabolic acidosis, NCI Dictionary)
The hippurate salt form of methenamine, a prodrug and inactive weak base that slowly hydrolyzes in acidic urine to ammonia and the effective, urinary tract antiseptic formaldehyde.
(Methenamine Hippurate, NCI Thesaurus)
An epithelial neoplasm of the anterior pituitary gland in which the neoplastic cells do not stain with acidic or basic dyes.
(Pituitary Gland Chromophobe Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A malignant epithelial neoplasm of the anterior pituitary gland in which the neoplastic cells stain positive with acidic dyes.
(Pituitary Gland Acidophil Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign tumor of the anterior pituitary in which the cells do not stain with acidic or basic dyes.
(Pituitary Gland Chromophobe Adenoma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
An epithelial neoplasm of the anterior pituitary gland in which the neoplastic cells stain positive with acidic and basic dyes.
(Pituitary Gland Mixed Acidophil-Basophil Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A malignant epithelial neoplasm of the anterior pituitary gland in which the neoplastic cells stain positive with acidic and basic dyes.
(Pituitary Gland Mixed Acidophil-Basophil Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
An epithelial neoplasm of the anterior pituitary gland in which the neoplastic cells stain positive with acidic dyes.
(Pituitary Gland Acidophil Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
