Acid-fast (Crossword clue)
We found 2 answers for “Acid-fast” .
This page shows answers to the clue Acid-fast, followed by 4 definitions like “Not easily decolorized by acid solutions”, “(histology) not easily decolorized by acid solutions” and “Resistant to decolorizing by acidified alcohol after staining”.Definitions of “Acid-fast”
If the answer you seek is not in the answers above these definitions may help solving your crossword puzzle.• Resistant to decolorizing by acidified alcohol after staining
• (as´id-fast) not readily decolorized by acids after staining
• Acid-fastness is a physical property of certain bacteria (and
• Denoting bacteria that are not decolorized by acid-alcohol after having been stained with dyes such as basic fuchsin
• A term used to denote bacteria that are not decolorised by acid-alcohol after having been stained with dyes such as basic fuchsin
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