DICTIONARY ENTRY
2 SYLLABLES
acid-fast
/'æsɪd_,fæst/ · æsɪdfæst
Acid-fast has 2 syllables: ac · id-fast.
ac
01
id-fast
02
adjective. Not easily decolorized by acid solutions; pertains to micro-organisms (especially the tubercle bacillus that causes tuberculosis).
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