Definitions for colicin

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colicin col·i·cin

Spelling: [kol-uh-sin]

IPA: /ˈkɒl ə sɪn/

Colicin is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in colicin (cciilno).

Definitions for colicin

noun

1. any bacteriocin produced by certain strains of Escherichia coli and having a lethal effect on strains other than the producing strain.

Origin of colicin

1945-50; French colicine, equivalent to coli- (see coliform) + -cine, probably extracted from names of antibiotics ending in -mycine