coliform

About 0.36 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of or pertaining to the bacteria that inhabit the intestines (especially the colon) of mammals.
2. noun Such a bacterium.

Similar words

colonic colic colitic colonogenic enterocolitic gastrocolic colorectal colonographic enterocolic enterobacterial

Often followed by

bacteria organisms group bacilli count counts and test levels density

Word family

coliforms