Hemophilus

American  

[hi-mof-uh-luhs] / hɪˈmɒf ə ləs /

noun

Bacteriology.

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of Hemophilus

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

Example Sentences

So was Pfeiffer's bacillus, which had been mistakenly identified in 1892-93 as the cause of influenza and therefore named Hemophilus influenzae.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1970 Smith published two classic papers that described his discovery of a restriction enzyme produced by the bacterium Hemophilus influenzae and the way it worked.

From Time Magazine Archive

What he saw was swarms of vicious pneumococci and tiny, rod-shaped, bloodsucking Hemophilus influenzae, most common of the numerous organisms connected with flu.

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