bacteriophage
pronunciation
How to pronounce bacteriophage in British English:
UK [bæk'tɪərɪə(ʊ)feɪdʒ]
How to pronounce bacteriophage in American English:
US [bæk'tɪrɪə,feɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- a virus that is parasitic in bacteria; it uses the bacterium's machinery and energy to produce more phage until the bacterium is destroyed and phage is released to invade surrounding bacteria
Word Origin
- bacteriophage (n.)
- 1921, from French bactériophage (1917), from bacterio-, comb. form of bacteria, + -phage.
Example
- 1. A second structure was stabilized by attaching a bacteriophage virus to it .