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Hauch

A term used to designate the flagellar antigen of bacteria. SEE ALSO: H antigen. [Ger. breath]

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(H) (houk) [Ger. “breath” (because motile bacteria form a spreading film around colonies resembling that produced by breathing on glass)] used to describe certain bacterial colonies; see H antigen under antigen and H colony under colony.

Medical dictionary. 2011.