ACIDOPHILUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acidophilus mean? 

• ACIDOPHILUS (noun)
  The noun ACIDOPHILUS has 1 sense:

1. a bacterium that is used to make yogurt and to supplement probiotics

  Familiarity information: ACIDOPHILUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACIDOPHILUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bacterium that is used to make yogurt and to supplement probiotics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

acidophilus; Lactobacillus acidophilus

Hypernyms ("acidophilus" is a kind of...):

probiotic; probiotic bacterium; probiotic flora; probiotic microflora (a beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered to be a plant)

lactobacillus (a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium that produces lactic acid (especially in milk))

Holonyms ("acidophilus" is a member of...):

genus Lactobacillus (type genus of the family Lactobacillaceae)

 Context examples 

A powder-based, probiotic supplement drink containing the non-pathogenic microorganisms Lactobacillus plantarum 299v, Lactobacillus acidophilus, and Bifidobacterium lactis, with potential immunomodulating and protective activities.

(Lactobacillus plantarum 299v/Lactobacillus acidophilus/Bifidobacterium lactis Probiotic Supplement, NCI Thesaurus)

A nutritional supplement containing probiotic cultures of Lactobacillus acidophilus (L. acidophilus), L. rhamnosus Streptococcus thermophilus, Bifidobacterium lactis, (B. lactis), B. longum and B. bifidum, with gastrointestinal (GI) protective and immunomodulating activities.

(Lactobacillus acidophilus/Streptococcus thermophilus/Bifidobacterium lactis/L. rhamnosus/B. longum/B. bifidum-based Probiotic Supplement, NCI Thesaurus)

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Lactobacillus acidophilus.

(Lactobacillus acidophilus, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)