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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rod-shaped, gram-negative bacterium found in the human respiratory tract that causes acute respiratory infections, such as pneumonia, and other diseases, especially meningitis in young children.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin Haemophilus īnfluenzae, species name : Greek haima, blood + Greek -philos, -philous + New Latin īnfluenzae, genitive of īnfluenza, influenza.]
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