Definitions For Coli

Noun

COLI (plural coli) (often, attributive, bacteriology) escherichia coli, a gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms. : Synonym: colibacillus

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Chinese: : Mandarin: 大腸桿菌, 大肠杆菌, tr=dàcháng gǎnjūn Finnish: kolibakteeri French: coli, m, colibacille, m German: Kolibakterium, n, Kolibakterie, f Hungarian: kólibaktérium, kólibacilus Italian: colibacillo, m Polish: Russian: Spanish:

Etymology

or Bacillus coli, obsolete taxonomic names of the species (now called Escherichia coli). The word itself derives from Latin colī, genitive of m, la, colon ("colon, large intestine").