# extremophile

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any of many organisms that live under extreme conditions of temperature, pressure, salinity, etc; many are autotrophs; some are commercially important as a source of enzymes that operate under similar conditions.

## Etymology
From extreme + -o- + -phile.

## Source
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