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| E. co·li [ kṓ lī ] |
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bacterium in colon: a bacterium found in the colon of human beings and animals that becomes a serious contaminant when found in the food or water supply
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| [Late 20th century. Abbreviated < modern Latin Escherichia coli, after T. Escherich (1857-1911), German physician; coli "of the colon"] |
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