phage
pronunciation
How to pronounce phage in British English:
UK [feɪdʒ]
How to pronounce phage in American English:
US [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
- phage (n.)
- virus that destroys bacteria, 1917, an abbreviated form of bacteriophage.