Hib

noun

ˈhib 

often attributive

: a serotype of haemophilus (Haemophilus influenzae type B) that causes bacterial meningitis and pneumonia especially in children

Hib disease

Hib vaccine

Examples of Hib in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

However, your baby will need boosters of the following: Rotavirus (dose 2) DTaP (dose 2) Hib (dose 2) Pneumococcal conjugate (dose 2) Inactivated poliovirus (dose 2) 6 Month Vaccines The infant vaccine schedule introduces a couple of new vaccines at 6 months—COVID-19 and the flu shot. —Parents Editors, Parents, 14 Nov. 2023

Pneumococcal and Hib vaccinations should protect coronavirus patients from these infections and thus significantly cut the risk of serious pneumonia. —Robert Root-Bernstein, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2020

There are four basic types of vaccines: pneumococcal vaccines, Hib vaccines, two meningococcal vaccines and the Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine that protects against tuberculosis. —Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 12 Jan. 2023

The meningococcal, pneumococcal, and Hib immunizations are all effective at helping to prevent infections, per the CDC. —Sarah Lemire, Health.com, 2 Feb. 2022

Preventing pneumococcal and Hib complications of influenza and COVID-19, and perhaps proxy-vaccinating against SARS-CoV-2 itself, helps everyone. —Robert Root-Bernstein, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2020

Word History

Etymology

Hi- (from the species name Haemophilus influenzae) + type B

First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

Hib

noun

ˈhib, ˌā-ˌchī-ˈbē 

often attributive

: a serotype of a bacterium of the genus Haemophilus (H. influenzae type B) that causes bacterial meningitis and pneumonia especially in children

Hib disease

a Hib vaccine

see conjugate vaccine