acidophilicadj.

1900 W. A. N. Dorland Amer. Illustr. Med. Dict. 21/1 Acidophilic, Acidophilous, readily stained with acid dyes.

1904 Lancet 2 July 37/2 The muscle fibres were dissociated and separated by a granular acidophilic deposit.

1953 A. G. E. Pearse Histochem. 476 After formalin fixation the granules of the adrenal medullary cells are acidophilic and stain rose-red with Giemsa.

1993 Brit. Jrnl. Surg. 80 415/1 [Epithelial] cells are fairly uniform in size. Their cytoplasm is lightly opaque, sometimes vacuolated, acidophilic or cyanophilic.

1909 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 6 504 The lack of bacterial development in these media is the strongest evidence of the inhibition..by the acidophilic flora.

1953 R. W. Fairbrother Text-bk. Bacteriol. (ed. 7) xxx. 369 Their high resistance to acids. For this reason they [sc. Lactobacilli] are referred to as ‘acidophilic’ or ‘aciduric’ bacilli.

1987 Nature 3 Sept. 48/1 The biota of Plastic Lake have experienced major detrimental effects in the past eight years including..proliferation of acidophilic filamentous algae.

2001 Guardian 11 Jan. (Science section) 2/6 Water from volcanic vents is not only hot, it is also acidic. Many acidophilic organisms have been identified.