- hemophilic bacterium
- a bacterium that has a nutritional affinity for constituents of blood or whose growth is stimulated by blood-enriched media.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
hemophilic bacterium
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hemophile — noun someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding • Syn: ↑hemophiliac, ↑haemophiliac, ↑bleeder, ↑haemophile • Derivationally related forms: ↑haemophilic (for: ↑haemophile), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
he|mo|phile — «HEE muh fyl, fihl; HEHM uh », noun, adjective. –n. 1. = hemophiliac. (Cf. ↑hemophiliac) 2. a hemophilic bacterium. –adj. = hemophilic. (Cf. ↑hemophilic) … Useful english dictionary
hemophile — /hee meuh fuyl , hem euh /, n. 1. a hemophiliac. 2. a hemophilic bacterium. adj. 3. hemophilic. [HEMO + PHILE] * * * … Universalium
hemophile — n. one suffering from hemophilia, hemophiliac (hereditary disorder characterized by a failure of the blood to clot normally); hemophilic bacterium adj. hemophilic, suffering from hemophilia (hereditary disorder characterized by a failure of the… … English contemporary dictionary
hemophiles — n. one suffering from hemophilia, hemophiliac (hereditary disorder characterized by a failure of the blood to clot normally); hemophilic bacterium adj. hemophilic, suffering from hemophilia (hereditary disorder characterized by a failure of the… … English contemporary dictionary
chancroid — An infectious, painful, ragged venereal ulcer at the site of infection by Haemophilus ducreyi, beginning after an incubation period of 3–7 days; seen more commonly in men; Gram negative streptobacilli may be identified by staining material from… … Medical dictionary
hemophile — [hē′mə fīl΄, hem′əfīl΄] n. [ HEMO + PHILE] a hemophilic bacterium … English World dictionary
hemophile — he·mo·phile or chiefly Brit hae·mo·phile hē mə .fīl adj 1) HEMOPHILIAC 2) HEMOPHILIC (2) hemophile or chiefly Brit haemophile n 1) HEMOPHILIAC 2) a hemophilic organism (as a bacterium) … Medical dictionary
