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ACIDOPHILIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium

Synonyms:

acidophilic; acidophilous; aciduric

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Adjectives

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)

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 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)