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clostridiosis

clostridiosis noun: infection with a clostridium.

Noun

clostridiosis (plural clostridioses)

  1. Infection with a clostridium.
  2. (count) An instance of such infection; an infection with a clostridium.
    • Of the sick horses, equine intestinal clostridiosis was diagnosed in 2 horses with large C perfringens counts (10⁴ to 10⁷ colony-forming units/g) and with acute diarrhea.1981, M. Wierup, J.A. DiPietro, “Bacteriologic examination of equine fecal flora as a diagnostic tool for equine intestinal clostridiosis”, in American Journal of Veterinary Research, volume 42...

Forms of clostridiosis

pluralclostridioses

Origin of clostridiosis

From clostridium + -osis.

Questions about clostridiosis

What does clostridiosis mean?
Clostridiosis means infection with a clostridium.
What part of speech is clostridiosis?
Clostridiosis is a noun.
What is the plural of clostridiosis?
The plural of clostridiosis is clostridioses.

Words near clostridiosis in the dictionary

  1. clostridia
  2. clostridial
  3. clostridiopeptidase
  4. clostridiopeptidases
  5. clostridioses
  6. clostridiosis
  7. clostridium
  8. clostridiums
  9. clostripain
  10. clostripains
  11. closure

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