acid-fast

acid-fast definition

acid-fast (as′id fast′)

adjective

that does not readily lose its color when exposed to acids after being stained: said esp. of certain bacteria and tissues

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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