n 1  cap  :  a genus of nonmotile gram-negative facultatively anaerobic rod bacteria of the family Pasteurellaceae that include several important pathogens (as H. influenzae associated with human respiratory infections, conjunctivitis, and meningitis and H. ducreyi of chancroid)  2  pl  -li   :  any bacterium of the genus Haemophilus - see GARDNERELLA HIB CONJUGATE VACCINE  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  he·moph·i·lus or He·moph·i·lus 
 
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