hemophilic bacteria
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hemophilic bacteria
[‚hē·mə′fil·ik bak′tir·ē·ə] (microbiology)
Bacteria of the genera Hemophilus, Bordetella, and Moraxella; all are small, gram-negative, nonmotile, parasitic rods, dependent upon blood factors for growth.