The terms Acidophobe/Acidophobia//Acidophoby/Acidophobic refer to intolerace to acidic environments. The term is variously applied to plants, bacteria, protozoa, animals, chemical compounds, etc. The anthonymous term is "acidophile". Cf. "alkaliphile". The name is actually a misnomer as it combines Latin and Greek roots; the correct word would be oxyphobe/oxyphobia from Greek οξυ, acid.