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aciduric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
aciduric
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more aciduric (comparative) most aciduric (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

aciduricity

Synonyms

acidophilic acidophilous

Questions

What does aciduric mean?
(of bacteria) growing in acidic medium, but preferring an alkaline medium
Where does aciduric come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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