ACIDOPHILIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acidophilic mean? 

• ACIDOPHILIC (adjective)
  The adjective ACIDOPHILIC has 1 sense:

1. especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium

  Familiarity information: ACIDOPHILIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACIDOPHILIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium

Synonyms:

acidophilic; acidophilous; aciduric

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 pituitary gland adenoma composed of acidophilic cells that produce both growth hormone and prolactin.

(Mammosomatotroph Pituitary Gland Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An infrequent pituitary gland adenoma composed of an admixture of acidophilic and chromophobic cells that produce growth hormone and prolactin respectively.

(Mixed Somatotroph-Lactotroph Pituitary Gland Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A usually benign glandular tumor composed of oxyphil cells, large cells with small irregular nuclei and dense acidophilic granules due to the presence of abundant MITOCHONDRIA.

(Oncocytic Neoplasm, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A glandular cell with acidophilic cytoplasm that contains tightly packed mitochondria.

(Oxyphil Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

The staining granules may be neutrophilic, acidophilic, or basophilic in character.

(Immature Granulocyte, NCI Thesaurus)

A growth hormone producing pituitary gland adenoma composed of medium-sized acidophilic cells with granular cytoplasm and abundant secretory granules.

(Densely Granulated Pituitary Gland Somatotroph Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of Gram-negative, acidophilic, rod-shaped, obligate intracellular bacteria in the phylum Proteobacteria.

(Coxiella, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is obligately intracellular, sporeforming, acidophilic, pleomorphic and catalase positive.

(Coxiella burnetii, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is obligately intracellular, acidophilic, indole negative and utilizes lactulose and putrescine as carbon sources.

(Cronobacter sakazakii, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare prolactin producing pituitary gland adenoma composed of acidophilic cells with many large secretory granules.

(Densely Granulated Pituitary Gland Lactotroph Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)