lactobacillus acidophilus

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

   Synonymsacidophilus

   Broaderlactobacillusprobiotic

   Part ofgenus Lactobacillus

Questions about lactobacillus acidophilus

What does lactobacillus acidophilus mean?

lactobacillus acidophilus means "a bacterium that is used to make yogurt and to supplement probiotics".

What is another word for lactobacillus acidophilus?

Close synonyms include acidophilus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lactobacillus acidophilus a common word?

lactobacillus acidophilus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.