English Explanatory Dictionary

coliform

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or pertaining to the bacteria that inhabit the intestines (especially the colon) of mammals.

noun

Such a bacterium.

Word forms

coliform coliforms

Etymology

From the genitive of Latin colon + -iform.

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