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clostridia

clostridia is the plural of clostridium.

Meaning of clostridium

Noun

clostridium (plural clostridia or (nonstandard) clostridiums)

  1. Any of several mostly anaerobic gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Clostridium, that are present in the soil and in the intestines of humans and animals and are capable of forming spores

Questions about clostridia

What is clostridia the plural of?
Clostridia is the plural of clostridium.

Words near clostridia in the dictionary

  1. closterovirid
  2. closterovirids
  3. closterovirus
  4. closteroviruses
  5. closticin
  6. clostridia
  7. clostridial
  8. clostridiopeptidase
  9. clostridiopeptidases
  10. clostridioses
  11. clostridiosis

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