Hemophilus

[ hi-mof-uh-luhs ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hemophilus¹

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

Example Sentences

“We do antigen tests for pneumococcus, Neisseria meningitidis, Hemophilus influenzae and G.B.S.,” or Group B streptococcus — the four infections most likely to cause meningitis.

From New York Times

Dr. Irvin buys vaccines for polio, whooping cough, tetanus and hemophilus meningitis from Sanofi-Pasteur on a site called the Vaccine Shoppe.

From New York Times

For example, the 1985 vaccine against Hemophilus influenzae Type B, which causes bacterial meningitis, was only partially effective; although it protected older children, it did not work for babies under two years, who are most at risk.

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

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