See Also: marbleize(medicine)
marbleize(dictionary)

coli (iou) and marbleize (iou)


coli (iou)



coli noun. Pl. same. L19.
[mod. Latin (Bacillus or Escherichia) coli (species name), from Latin genit. of COLON noun1.]
A bacterium, Escherichia coli, which inhabits the large intestine of humans and animals. Freq. in comb.
coliform adjective belonging to a group of rod-shaped bacteria typified by Escherichia coli E20.
coliphage noun a bacteriophage that attacks E. coli M20.

marbleize (iou)



marbleize verb trans. Orig. US. Also marbleise. M19.
[from MARBLE noun + -IZE.]
Stain or colour to look like variegated marble; give a variegated appearance to, esp. by an artificial process. Chiefly as marbleized ppl adjective.