acidophil

[ uh-sid-uh-fil, as-i-duh- ]

adjective
  1. Biology, Ecology. acidophilic.

noun
  1. Biology. an acidophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance; eosinophil.

Origin of acidophil

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; acid + -o- + -phil
  • Also a·cid·o·phile [uh-sid-uh-fahyl, as-i-duh-] /əˌsɪd əˌfaɪl, ˈæs ɪ də-/

Words Nearby acidophil

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How to use acidophil in a sentence

  • The nuclei are greenish, the red blood corpuscles orange, the acidophil granulation copper red, the neutrophil violet.

    Histology of the Blood | Paul Ehrlich
  • He distinguishes hyaline, acidophil and basophil cells, and derives all from the lymphocytes.

    Histology of the Blood | Paul Ehrlich

British Dictionary definitions for acidophil

acidophil

acidophile (ˈæsɪdəʊˌfaɪl, əˈsɪdə-)

/ (ˈæsɪdəʊˌfɪl, əˈsɪdə-) /


adjectiveAlso: acidophilic (ˌæsɪdəʊˈfɪlɪk, əˌsɪdə-), acidophilous (ˌæsɪˈdɒfɪləs)
  1. (of cells or cell contents) easily stained by acid dyes

  2. (of microorganisms) growing well in an acid environment

noun
  1. an acidophil organism

Origin of acidophil

1
C20: see acid, -phile

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