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Escherichia coli

[ esh-uh-rik-ee-uh koh-lahy ]

noun

, Bacteriology.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Escherichia coli1

From New Latin; named after Theodor Escherich (died 1911), German physician + coli, genitive singular of Latin colon “large intestine,” used as a specific epithet for Escherichia; -ia colon 2

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