acidophil
Biology, Ecology. acidophilic.
Biology. an acidophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance; eosinophil.
Origin of acidophil
1- 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 EhrlichHe distinguishes hyaline, acidophil and basophil cells, and derives all from the lymphocytes.
Histology of the Blood | Paul Ehrlich
British Dictionary definitions for acidophil
acidophile (ˈæsɪdəʊˌfaɪl, əˈsɪdə-)
/ (ˈæsɪdəʊˌfɪl, əˈsɪdə-) /
(of cells or cell contents) easily stained by acid dyes
(of microorganisms) growing well in an acid environment
an acidophil organism
Origin of acidophil
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