'clostridium' definitions:
Definition of 'clostridium'
(from WordNet)
noun
Spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore [syn: clostridium, clostridia]
Definition of 'clostridium'
From: GCIDE
- clostridium \clostridium\ n. clostridia
- 1. spindle-shaped bacterial cell esp. one swollen at the center by an endospore.
- Syn: clostridia. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. [capitalized] a genus of anaerobic, spore-forming motile bacteria of the family Bacillaceae, including several pathogenic species, such as the causative agents of gas gangrene (Clostridium perfringens), botulism (Clostridium botulinum), and tetanus ({Clostridium tetani}). [PJC]