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clos·trid·i·um (klŏ-strĭd'ē-əm)
n., pl., -i·a (-ē-ə).
Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming, chiefly anaerobic bacteria of the genus Clostridium, such as the nitrogen-fixing bacteria found in soil and those causing botulism and tetanus.

[New Latin Clōstridium, genus name, from Greek klōstēr, klōstr-, spindle, from klōthein, to spin.]

clostridial clos·trid'i·al (-əl) adj.



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