Capable of producing or forming acid; having the power to create acidity.
From Latin 'acidus' (acid) combined with '-fic' (making or producing, from 'facere'). Developed as a precise scientific term to describe acid-producing processes and substances.
Vinegar bacteria have 'acidific' properties—they literally produce acid as they ferment—and this term reminds us that many living things are chemists at the microscopic level.
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