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nonacidophilic

nonacidophilic adjective: not acidophilic; intolerant of acidity.

Adjective

nonacidophilic (comparative more nonacidophilic, superlative most nonacidophilic)

  1. Not acidophilic; intolerant of acidity.
    • The nonacidophilic thiobacilli can be found in some soils, fresh and salt waters, and muds.1978, Jerome O. Nriagu, Sulfur in the Environment: Ecological Impacts, page 453
    • Our goal was to compare the internal physiological responses to acid challenge in an acidophilic tropical teleost endemic to dilute low-pH waters with those in nonacidophilic temperate species such as salmonids, which have been the subject of most previous investigations.1998 November/December, Adalberto L. Val, Chris M. Wood, Rod W. Wilson, Richard J. Gonzalez, Marjorie L. Patrick, Harold L. Bergman, and Annie Narahara, “Responses of an Amazonian Teleost, the...

Forms of nonacidophilic

comparativemore nonacidophilic
superlativemost nonacidophilic

Origin of nonacidophilic

From non- + acidophilic.

Questions about nonacidophilic

What does nonacidophilic mean?
Nonacidophilic means not acidophilic; intolerant of acidity.
What part of speech is nonacidophilic?
Nonacidophilic is an adjective.

Words near nonacidophilic in the dictionary

  1. nonacidifying
  2. nonacidity
  3. nonacidogenic
  4. nonacidophile
  5. nonacidophiles
  6. nonacidophilic
  7. nonacidotic
  8. nonacids
  9. nonacidulous
  10. nonacknowledged
  11. nonacknowledgement

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