coli
/ˈkoʊ.laɪ/
coli noun: escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms.
Noun
coli (plural coli)
- Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms.
- Five of the strains of E. coli are related to only one of the S. dysenteriae strains. Three of the coli are related to two of the strains of S. dysenteriae, four are related to three of the S. dysenteriae strains, and one, A-H6, is related to all.1939 January, Thomas T. Mackie, “The Specificity of the Agglutinin Reaction for Shigella dysenteriae: II. Agglutinin Absorption Relationships between Shigella dysenteriae and Escherichia coli”, in...
- Synonyms:
- colibacillus
coli meaning in Nepali
coli in Nepali
- कोलाई
Synonyms of coli
Forms of coli
| plural | coli |
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Origin of coli
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”).
Words formed from coli
Phrases with coli
Questions about coli
- What does coli mean?
- Coli means escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms.
- What is coli in Nepali?
- Coli in Nepali is कोलाई. See Coli meaning in Nepali.
- What part of speech is coli?
- Coli is a noun.
- How do you pronounce coli?
- Coli is pronounced /ˈkoʊ.laɪ/.
- What is the plural of coli?
- The plural of coli is coli.
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