acidophile

Variant of acidophil

noun

  1. a cell, substance, or tissue easily stained by acid dyes, as any of the alpha cells in the anterior pituitary
  2. an organism that has an affinity for and grows well in an acid environment

Origin: acid + -o- + -phil

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