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col•i•cin
(kol′ə sin),USA pronunciation n. [Pharm.]
- Drugsany bacteriocin produced by certain strains of Escherichia coli and having a lethal effect on strains other than the producing strain.
- French colicine, equivalent. to coli- (see coliform) + -cine, probably extracted from names of antibiotics ending in -mycine -mycin
- 1945–50
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