Behring, Emil Adolf von Syllabification: (Beh·ring, Emil Adolf von)Pronunciation: /ˈberiNG/Definition of Behring, Emil Adolf von (1854–1917), German bacteriologist; one of the founders of immunology. Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (1901). Behring, Emil Adolf von in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Behring, Emil Adolf von in the British & World English dictionary