Clostridiosis

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Infection with a clostridium.
  2. 2
    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."

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"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."

Etymology

From clostridium + -osis.

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