Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun clostridium

1 sense of clostridium

Sense 1
clostridium, clostridia -- (spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore)
       => eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria -- (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)