Acidophile

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(ə′sid·ə′fil)

(biology) Any substance, tissue, or organism having an affinity for acid stains. An organism having a preference for an acid environment.
(histology) An alpha cell of the adenohypophysis. eosinophil


(ə-sĭd'ə-fĭl, ăs'ĭ-də-) or a·cid·o·phile (-fīl')
n.
  1. A cell that stains readily with acid dyes.
  2. A microorganism that grows well in an acid medium.
a·cid'o·phil'ic (-fĭl'ĭk) adj.

1. a histological structure, cell, or other element staining readily with acid dyes.
2. an alpha cell of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland or the pancreatic islets.
3. an organism that grows well in highly acid media.
4. acidophilic.

  • a. neoplasms — adenomas and adenocarcinomas of the pars distalis of the pituitary gland are recorded in cats, dogs, sheep and rats. These are infrequently functional but may have space-occupying effects on the pituitary and hypothalamus. They have been associated with diabetes mellitus in cats, galactorrhea in ewes, and metahypophyseal diabetes in dogs.
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(as′idōfil′ik)
adj

1. readily stained with acid dyes. adj 2. growing well in an acid medium.

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