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单词 clostridium
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Definition of clostridium in English:

clostridium

nounPlural clostridiaklɒˈstrɪdɪəmkläˈstridēəm
Biology
  • An anaerobic bacterium of a large genus that includes many pathogenic species, e.g. those causing tetanus, gas gangrene, botulism, and other forms of food poisoning.

    Genus Clostridium: typically rod-shaped and Gram-positive

    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, the disease has been linked many times to clostridium botulinum, a toxin that can cause a form of botulism in horses.
    • Individual inquests into some of the deaths also established the cause of death as a strain of anaerobic bacterium, know as clostridium.
    • Another bug, clostridium difficile, was also found on the ward last week.
    • Postoperatively, blood cultures were positive for gram-positive rods, and ultimately severe sepsis due to clostridium developed.
    • Bacteria of the genus clostridium kill more wild birds each year than any other germ, animal health officials said.

Derivatives

  • clostridial

  • adjective
    Biology
    • These dietary conditions lead to rapid multiplication of the clostridial bacteria in the gut of the sheep.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Any vaccine used should protect animals against the range of clostridial diseases and not Blackleg alone,’ she said.
      • And they all died from the same infection - a fulminant clostridial infection.
      • All heifers received routine health management, which included deworming and vaccination for clostridial and respiratory diseases.
      • Calves were vaccinated against clostridial bacteria at approximately 60 days of age.
      • As stated earlier, clostridial organisms producing neurotoxins A, B, and E account for nearly all known human botulism on a worldwide basis; this is certainly also true in the United States.

Origin

Modern Latin, based on Greek klōstēr 'spindle'.

 
 

Definition of clostridium in US English:

clostridium

nounkläˈstridēəm
Biology
  • An anaerobic bacterium of a large genus that includes many pathogenic species, e.g. those causing tetanus, gas gangrene, botulism, and other forms of food poisoning.

    Genus Clostridium: typically rod-shaped and Gram-positive

    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, the disease has been linked many times to clostridium botulinum, a toxin that can cause a form of botulism in horses.
    • Individual inquests into some of the deaths also established the cause of death as a strain of anaerobic bacterium, know as clostridium.
    • Postoperatively, blood cultures were positive for gram-positive rods, and ultimately severe sepsis due to clostridium developed.
    • Another bug, clostridium difficile, was also found on the ward last week.
    • Bacteria of the genus clostridium kill more wild birds each year than any other germ, animal health officials said.

Origin

Modern Latin, based on Greek klōstēr ‘spindle’.

 
 
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