clostridiosis

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From clostridium +‎ -osis.

Noun[edit]

clostridiosis (plural clostridioses)

  1. (biology, medicine, noncount) Infection with a clostridium.
  2. (biology, medicine, count) An instance of such infection; an infection with a clostridium.
    • 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, number 12, →PMID, pages 2167–2169:
      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.