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colliform

colliform is the alternative form of coliform.

colliform is the alternative form of colloform.

Meaning of coliform

Adjective

coliform (not comparable)

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

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Meaning of colloform

Adjective

colloform (comparative more colloform, superlative most colloform)

  1. Having a rounded, finely banded texture formed by rhythmic precipitation.
    • Often complex textural patterns of more than one colloform mineral phase might co-exist.1982, S. S. Augustithis, Atlas of the sphaeroidal textures and structures and their genetic significance

Forms of colliform

comparativemore colliform
superlativemost colliform

Questions about colliform

What is colliform the alternative form of?
Colliform is the alternative form of coliform.

Words near colliform in the dictionary

  1. collieshangies
  2. colliest
  3. colliferous
  4. colliflower
  5. colliflowers
  6. colliform
  7. colligability
  8. colligable
  9. Colligan
  10. Colligans
  11. colligate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: colliform (page history and authors); coliform (page history and authors); colloform (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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