clos·trid·i·um 
(klŏ-strĭdē-əm)
(klŏ-strĭdē-əm)n. pl. clos·trid·i·a (-ē-ə)
Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming, chiefly anaerobic bacteria of the genus Clostridium, such as certain nitrogen-fixing species found in soil and those causing botulism and tetanus.
[New Latin Clōstridium, genus name, from Greek klōstēr, klōstr-, spindle, from klōthein, to spin.]
clos·tridi·al (-əl) adj.
- metanephros
- metaphase
- metaphase plate
- metaphor
- metaphoric
- metaphorical
- metaphorically
- metaphosphate
- metaphosphoric acid
- metaphrase
- metaphrast
- metaphrastic
- metaphysic
- metaphysical
- metaphysically
- metaphysician
- metaphysics
- metaplasia
- metaplasm
- metaplasm
- metaplasmic
- metaplasmic
- metaplastic
- metaplastic
- Metapontum