If the Bacterium coli normal to the intestine escapes into the peritoneal cavity, or passes into the bladder, a severe peritonitis or cystitis, respectively, is apt to result.
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Coli
//ˈkoʊ.laɪ//
Synonyms for "coli" (1 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
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5 entriesTranslations
11 translations across 8 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 大腸桿菌 /大肠杆菌 noun (Escherichia coli)
Finnish
1 entries- kolibakteeri noun (Escherichia coli)
French
2 entries- coli noun (Escherichia coli)
- colibacille noun (Escherichia coli)
German
2 entries- Kolibakterie noun (Escherichia coli)
- Kolibakterium noun (Escherichia coli)
Hungarian
2 entries- kólibacilus noun (Escherichia coli)
- kólibaktérium noun (Escherichia coli)
Italian
1 entries- colibacillo noun (Escherichia coli)
Polish
1 entries- pałeczka okrężnicy noun (Escherichia coli)
Russian
1 entries- кише́чная па́лочка noun (Escherichia coli)
Sample sentences
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Boiling water for one minute will kill most types of disease-causing organisms, such as cholera, typhoid, salmonella, giardia, E. coli, and amoebas.
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Five of the strains of E. coli are related to only one of the S. dysenteriae strains. Three of the coli are related to two of the strains of S. dysenteriae, four are related to three of the S. dysenteriae strains, and one, A-H6, is related to all.
Source: wiktionary
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