Clostridium difficile
/dɪˈfɪsɪli; ˌdɪfɪˈsiːl/
noun
1.
a faecal organism endemic in hospitals and responsible for the majority of hospital-acquired cases of diarrhoea in elderly patients sometimes shortened to C.difficile, C.diff
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