| colic impression | <anatomy> A hollow on the visceral surface of the right lobe of the liver anteriorly, corresponding to the situation of the right flexure and beginning of the transverse colon. Synonym: impressio colica. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| colic intussusception | The ensheathing of one portion of the colon into another. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colic lymph nodes | colic lymph nodes |
| colic sphincter | One of the physiological sphincter's of the colon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colic surface of spleen | The surface of the spleen in contact with the colon. Synonym: facies colica splenis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colic teniae | teniae coli |
| colic veins | See: right colic vein, middle colic vein, left colic vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colica | A colic artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colicin | <pharmacology> A group of antibiotics naturally produced by the bacteria Escherichia coli which kills other bacteria by a variety of methods (depending on the type), such as blocking protein synthesis and degrading DNA. Colicins are encoded by a group of naturally occurring E. Coli plasmids, like Col E1. Colicins E2 and E3 are AB toxins with DNAase and RNAase activity respectively. most other colicins are channel forming transmembrane peptides. Coded on plasmids which can be transferred at conjugation. (13 Oct 1997) |
| colicin factors | Plasmids determining the potentiality of a bacterium to produce colicins. They are cytoplasmic elements whose integration into the bacterial chromosome has not been demonstrated except for the col b and col v factors. (12 Dec 1998) |
| colicinogeny | <microbiology> The bacterial property of producing a colicin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colicins | Bacteriocins elaborated by strains of escherichia coli and related species. They are proteins or protein-lipopolysaccharide complexes lethal to other strains of the same species. (12 Dec 1998) |
| colicky | Denoting or resembling the pain of colic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colicoplegia | Lead poisoning marked by both colic and palsy. Origin: G. Kolikos, suffering from colic, + plege, stroke (05 Mar 2000) |
| coliform | <bacteria> Gram-negative, nonsporing, facultative rod-shaped bacteria that ferment lactose with gas formation within 48 hours at 35 degrees C. They are generally small, gram-negative, bacilliform (shaped like rods), facultative anaerobes and they include strains such as Escherichia, Kelbsiella, Enterobacter, and Citrobacter. They are useful for measuring the amount of water pollution by faeces. Examples of coliform bacteria are members in the genera Escherichia (E. Coli), Klebsiella (K. Pneumoniae), Enterobacter (E. Cloacai), and Citrobacter (C. Freundii). (13 Oct 1997) |