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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
acid-fast is an adjective meaning "not easily decolorized by acid solutions; pertains to micro-organisms (especially the tubercle bacillus that causes tuberculosis)". It carries one recorded sense.
not easily decolorized by acid solutions; pertains to micro-organisms (especially the tubercle bacillus that causes tuberculosis)
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for acid-fast come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.
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