Meaning Of The Word Clostridium difficile

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Clostridium difficile
uncountable noun: Clostridium difficile is a bacterium that causes severe diarrhoea. It is commonly found in hospitals. The abbreviation C.diff is also used.

Clostridium difficile in British English
noun: a faecal organism endemic in hospitals and responsible for the majority of hospital-acquired cases of diarrhoea in elderly patients

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