1. of, relating to, or resembling colic; characterized by severe abdominal pain
Usage: medical; technical

1. a bacteriocin or antimicrobial protein produced by certain strains of Escherichia coli bacteria
Usage: microbiology; technical

Examples

• The infant's colicine symptoms subsided after several weeks.
• Researchers studied colicine production in laboratory bacterial cultures.
• Colicine proteins can inhibit the growth of competing bacterial strains.
• The colicine nature of the pain suggested a gastrointestinal origin.