See Also: clostridium(dictionary)
clostridium(encyclopedia)
clostridium(medicine)
Clostridium(health)
Clostridium sordelli(medicine)
Clostridium sphenoides(medicine)
Clostridium sporogenes(medicine)
Clostridium septicum(medicine)
Clostridium tale(medicine)
Clostridium tertium(medicine)

clostridium (iou)



clostridium noun. . L19.
[mod. Latin from Greek kloster spindle: see -IDIUM.]
A rod-shaped anaerobic bacterium of the large genus Clostridium, which includes many pathogenic species, e.g. those causing tetanus, gas gangrene, botulism, and other forms of food poisoning.
clostridial adjective of, pertaining to, or caused by such bacteria M20.