partially acid-fast

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partially acid-fast

[pär′shəlē]

capable of retaining the stain carbolfuchsin during mild acid decolorization. This ability is found in bacteria of the genus Nocardia because of the presence of unusual long-chain fatty acids in their cell walls.

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No references found			Gram stain (Figure, C) and a modified acid-fast stain (Figure, D) revealed gram-positive, partially acid-fast filamentous organisms branching at right angles within the eosinophilic material consistent with Nocardia organisms. Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon by Rodin, Scott J.; Dorfman, David M. / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine The organisms are weakly gram-positive and partially acid-fast. Pulmonary Nocardiosis in a Patient With Human Immunodeficiency Virus by Filipiuk, Dorota; Weisenberg, Elliot; Malecki, Zbigniew / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine			partial dislocation partial draw tube partial hospitalization program partial involution partial liquid ventilation partial ophthalmoplegia Partial parenteral nutrition partial placenta previa partial pressure partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood partial remission partial response partial root amputation partial seizure partial shadowing partial syndrome eating disorder partial thromboplastin time partial twinning partial volume partial volume artifact partial zona dissection partial-birth abortion partial-thickness flap partial-thickness graft partially acid-fast partially edentulous arch participant participant observation participating dental provider participation participation in health care decisions particle particulate particulate bone grafts parties parting of hair Parting of the Red Sea Syndrome partition partition chromatography partitioning Partner Partner Notification partner risk factor partnership partridge PARTS parts per million parturient parturient canal parturifacient			Partial-Scan-Based Built-In Self Test partial-select output partial-thickness burn partial-thickness burn partial-thickness burn partial-thickness burn partial-thickness burn partial-thickness flap partial-thickness graft Partial-Topology Knowledge Forwarding Partial-Wave Analysis Partial-Wave Self-Consistent Field Partial-Wave-Expansion Method Partial/Pre Oriented Yarn Partialism Partialism Partialism Partialism Partialist partialities partialities partiality partiality Partialize partially partially partially partially partially partially partially acid-fast Partially Acidulated Phosphate Rock Partially Air Dried Partially Amortized Loan Partially Amortized Loan Partially Amortized Loans Partially Amortized Loans partially amortizing loan Partially Automated Digital Signal Cross-Connect Partially Balanced Incomplete Block partially balanced incomplete block design Partially Coded Field of View Partially Combusted Crude Oil Partially Connected Neural Network Partially Conserved Axial Vector Current Partially Demineralized Bone Matrix Partially Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator partially dominant partially edentulous arch partially edentulous dental arch partially edentulous dental arch partially edentulous dental arch partially edentulous dental arch partially edentulous dental arch Partially Error Controlled Connections Partially Fertile Partially Fully Connected Networks Partially hydrogenated Partially Hydrogenated Canola Oil Partially Hydrogenated Fish Oil Partially Hydrogenated Marine Oil

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