acidophile

acidophile

acidophile [ asidɔfil ] adj.
• 1897; de acide et -phile
♦ Biol.
1 ♦ Qui fixe les colorants acides, comme l'éosine. ⇒ éosinophile. Cellules acidophiles et cellules basophiles.
2 ♦ Qui peut vivre dans des conditions de forte acidité.

● acidophile adjectif Se dit d'un composant cellulaire ou tissulaire qui fixe les colorants acides et en particulier l'éosine.

acidophile
adj. HISTOL Se dit des constituants cellulaires qui fixent les colorants acides.

acidophile [asidɔfil] adj.
ÉTYM. 1897, cit.; de acide, et -phile.
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♦ Biol. Qui fixe les colorants acides, comme l'éosine. ⇒ Éosinophile. || Leucocytes acidophiles. || Cellules acidophiles et cellules basophiles.
0 (…) des cellules spéciales qui absorberaient les peptones et les transformeraient à leur intérieur en granules acidophiles.
l'Année biologique 1897, p. 273.
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COMP. Thermoacidophile.

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