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aciduric

aciduric adjective: (of bacteria) growing in acidic medium, but preferring an alkaline medium.

Adjective

aciduric (comparative more aciduric, superlative most aciduric)

  1. (of bacteria) growing in acidic medium, but preferring an alkaline medium

Forms of aciduric

comparativemore aciduric
superlativemost aciduric

Origin of aciduric

From Latin acidum (“acid”) + dūrō (“endure”).

Questions about aciduric

What does aciduric mean?
Aciduric means (of bacteria) growing in acidic medium, but preferring an alkaline medium.
What part of speech is aciduric?
Aciduric is an adjective.

Words near aciduric in the dictionary

  1. acidulous
  2. acidulously
  3. acidulousness
  4. aciduria
  5. acidurias
  6. aciduric
  7. aciduricity
  8. acidweed
  9. acidy
  10. acidyl
  11. acidyls

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