-cin

suffix

bacteriocin

OriginFrench colicine →
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Meanings

suffix
  1. bacteriocin
  2. Antibiotic substance.

Origin

  1. Frenchcolicine
  2. English-cin

From English colicin, from French colicine, from coli- + -cine, with ending formed by analogy from antibiotics like auréomycine, streptomycine, with second element from myc- + -ine.

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APA

-cin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-cin

MLA

“-cin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-cin. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-cin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-cin.

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