colicin

[ kol-uh-sin ]
/ ˈkɒl ə sɪn /

noun Pharmacology.

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 -mycin

Words nearby colicin

colibacillosis, colibacilluria, colibacillus, colic, colic artery, colicin, colicinogen, colicky, colicroot, colicweed, coliform

Medical definitions for colicin

colicin
[ 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.