English Explanatory Dictionary

coli

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms.

Pronunciation

/ˈkoʊ.laɪ/

Word forms

coli

Etymology

Ellipsis of Bacterium coli or Bacillus coli, obsolete taxonomic names of the species (now called Escherichia coli). The word itself derives from Latin colī, genitive of colon (“colon, large intestine”).

Synonyms

colibacillus

Related words

colicine coliform

Derived words

colibacillosis colibacilluria colibacillus coliphage colisepticemia
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on C Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary