acid-fast
Speech parts
1. acid-fast - Adjective
2. acid-fast - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
not easily decolorized by acid solutions; pertains to micro-organisms (especially the tubercle bacillus that causes tuberculosis)
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FAST
impervious
impermeable
imperviable
mothproof
Mylanta
runproof
greaseproof
colorfast
corrosion-resistant
ladder-proof
run-resistant
moth-resistant
acidproof
acid-proof
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Examples
A chest X-ray and multiple sputum cultures for acid-fast bacilli are typically part of the initial evaluation.
Positive skin smears: In some case, acid-fast leprosy bacilli are considered diagnostic; however, the diagnosis is clinical.