clostridiosis noun2 •Infection with a clostridium. •An instance of such infection; an infection with a clostridium.Of the sick horses, equine intestinal clostridiosis was diagnosed in 2 horses with large C perfringens counts (10⁴ to 10⁷ colony-forming units/g) and with acute diarrhea. — 1981 formsclostridioses