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Hemophilus
[ hi-
mof
-
uh
-l
uh
s ]
SHOW IPA
/ hɪˈmɒf ə ləs /
PHONETIC RESPELLING
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.
Origin of Hemophilus
< New Latin (1917); see
hemo-
,
-philous