Usually means: Resists decolorization by acidic alcohol.
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  1. acid-fast: Merriam-Webster
  2. acid-fast: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. acid-fast: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. acid-fast, acid-fast: Collins English Dictionary
  5. acid-fast: Vocabulary.com
  6. acid-fast: Wordnik
  7. acid-fast: Wiktionary
  8. acid-fast: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  10. acid-fast: Dictionary.com
  11. Acid-fast: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. acid-fast: Rhymezone
  13. acid-fast: FreeDictionary.org
  14. acid-fast: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. acid-fast: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. acid-fast: Merriam-Webster

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  1. acid-fast: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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▸ adjective:  (histology, of bacteria) Retaining stain when treated with an acidic solution.

Similar:
argentaffin, acidific, chromaffin, acidic, metachromic, argentated, alkalic, subacidic, metallophilic, electrodense, more...

Types:
mycobacterium, staphylococcus, streptococcus, bacillus, lactobacillus, more...

Phrases:
acid-fast stain, acid-fast bacillus, acid-fast bacterium, more...

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Similar:
argentaffin, acidific, chromaffin, acidic, metachromic, argentated, alkalic, subacidic, metallophilic, electrodense, more...

Types:
mycobacterium, staphylococcus, streptococcus, bacillus, lactobacillus, more...

Phrases:
acid-fast stain, acid-fast bacillus, acid-fast bacterium, more...



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