/kol"euh fawrm', koh"leuh-/ , adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or resembling a coliform bacillus.
n.
2. See coliform bacillus .
[ 1850-55; coli, gen. of L colum, colon COLON 2 (the specific epithet of various species of bacteria inhabiting the colon, as Escherichia coli; construed as col- + -I-) + -FORM ]