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acid-fast

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ac·id-fast (sd-fst)
adj.
Not decolorized by acid after staining, as bacteria that retain dye after an acid rinse.
acid-fastness n.
acid-fast
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) (of bacteria and tissues) resistant to decolorization by mineral acids after staining
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Adj.1.acid-fast - not easily decolorized by acid solutions; pertains to micro-organisms (especially the tubercle bacillus that causes tuberculosis)
imperviable, impervious - not admitting of passage or capable of being affected; "a material impervious to water"; "someone impervious to argument"
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