| acidifiable | Capable of being acidified, or converted into an acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| acidific | Producing acidity; converting into an acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acidification | The act or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid. Origin: Cf. F. Acidification. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acidified serum test | Lysis of the patient's red cells in acidified fresh serum, specific for paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria. Synonym: Ham's test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acidifier | <chemistry> A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acidify | 1. To make acid; to convert into an acid; as, to acidify sugar. 2. To sour; to imbitter. "His thin existence all acidified into rage." (Carlyle) Origin: L. Acidus sour, acid + -fy: cf. F. Acidifier. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acidimeter | <chemistry> An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids. Origin: L. Acidus acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acidimetry | <chemistry> The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required. Acidimet"rical. Origin: L. Acidus acid + -metry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acidity | <chemistry> The quality of being acid or sour, containing acid (hydrogen ions). Origin: L. Aciditas (18 Nov 1997) |
| acidly | Sourly; tartly. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acidness | Acidity; sourness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acidocyte | An obsolete term for eosinophilic leukocyte. Origin: acid + G. Kytos, cell (05 Mar 2000) |
| acidogenic fermentation | <biochemistry, microbiology> Any fermentation that produces a weak acid, such as lactic acid. (06 May 1997) |
| acidophil | 1. One of the acid-staining cells of the anterior pituitary. 2. A microorganism that grows well in a highly acid media. Synonym: acidophilic. Origin: acid + G. Philos, fond (05 Mar 2000) |
| acidophil adenoma | <endocrinology, oncology, tumour> A benign tumour, usually found in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, whose cells stain with acid dyes. Such pituitary tumours may give rise to excessive secretion of growth hormone, resulting in gigantism or acromegaly. A specific type of acidophil adenoma may give rise to nonpuerperal galactorrhoea. (25 Jun 1999) |