acid-fast bacillus

acid-fast bacillus
a class of rod-shaped bacteria which, after being stained, retain the stain when treated with an acidic solution

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  • -fast — 1. an adjective suffix meaning lasting , not fading , as in colourfast. 2. a suffix forming adjectives, usually hyphenated, that indicate that an organism, as a bacillus, is resistant to the stain removing or toxic action of a specified agent, as …  

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