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clostridium Definition


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clostridium
noun
    clostridia
    1. biol.
      A rod-shaped bacterium that occurs in soil and in the digestive tract of humans and animals, and which can cause botulism and tetanus.
Etymology: 19c: from Greek kloster spindle.



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