Hemophilus

[ hi-mof-uh-luhs ]

/ hɪˈmɒf ə ləs /

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noun Bacteriology.

a genus of rod-shaped, parasitic, hemophilic bacteria, certain species of which, as H. influenzae or H. suis, are pathogenic for humans and animals.

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Origin of Hemophilus

<New Latin (1917); see hemo-, -philous

Words nearby Hemophilus

hemophilia A, hemophilia B, hemophiliac, hemophilic, hemophilioid, Hemophilus, hemophobia, hemophoresis, hemophthalmia, hemoplastic, hemopleuropneumonia syndrome

Medical definitions for Hemophilus

Hemophilus

[ hĭ-mŏf′ə-ləs ]

Variant ofHaemophilus