See Also: Pfeiffer(dictionary)
Pfeiffer's bacillus(medicine)
Pfeiffer's phenomenon(medicine)
Pfeiffer's syndrome(medicine)
Pfeiffer, Richard(medicine)
Pfeiffer Beach(tourism)
Pfeiffer's blood agar(medicine)
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park Beach(tourism)

Pfeiffer (iou)



Pfeiffer noun. L19.
[Richard Pfeiffer (1858-1945), German bacteriologist.]
Bacteriology.
Used in possess. and attrib. to designate the specific lysis of the cholera vibrio in the presence of antibody and complement. L19.
Pfeiffer's bacillus, Pfeiffer bacillus, a bacterium, Haemophilus influenzae, formerly thought to be the causal agent of influenza. E20.