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col·i·cin noun or col·i·cine \ˈkōlə̇sə̇n, ˈkäl-, -ˌsēn\ (-s) Etymology: New Latin coli (specific epithet of Escherichia coli, a bacterium that produces it) + English connective -c- + -in, -ine : any of certain antibacterial substances produced by some strains of intestinal bacteria and considered to have possible affinity with the coliphages |