Definitions For Coli

Noun

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

Derived terms

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Related terms

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Translations

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: {{t-needed, pl}} Russian: {{t-needed, ru}} Spanish: {{t-needed, es}}

Etymology

{{ellipsis, en, {{l, mul, Bacterium coli}}}} 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").