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col⋅i⋅cin

  [kol-uh-sin]
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–noun Pharmacology.
any bacteriocin produced by certain strains of Escherichia coli and having a lethal effect on strains other than the producing strain.
Origin:
1945–50; < F colicine, equiv. to coli- (see coliform ) + -cine, prob. extracted from names of antibiotics ending in -mycine -mycin
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col·i·cin   (kŏl'ĭ-sĭn, kō'lĭ-)   
n.  Any of various antibacterial proteins produced by certain strains of the colon bacillus that are lethal to other closely related strains of bacteria.

[col(on)2 + -ic + -in.]
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Main Entry: co·li·cin
Pronunciation: 'kO-l&-s&n
Variant: also co·li·cine /-"sEn/
Function: noun
: any of various antibacterial proteins that are produced by some strains of intestinal bacteria (as Escherichia coli) having a specific plasmid and that often act to inhibitmacromolecular synthesis in related strains
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colicin col·i·cin (kŏl'ĭ-sĭn, kō'lĭ-)
n.
Any of various antibacterial proteins produced by certain strains of the colon bacillus that are lethal to other closely related strains of bacteria.

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