hēˈmäfələs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from hem- + -philus
: a genus of minute nonmotile gram-negative strictly parasitic hemophilic bacteria (family Parvobacteriaceae) including several important pathogens (as H. influenzae associated with human respiratory infections, conjunctivitis, and meningitis, H. suis of swine influenza, or H. ducreyi of chancroid)