phage (f j)n. A bacteriophage. |
phage [feɪdʒ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) short for bacteriophage
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| Noun | 1. | phage - a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria; "phage uses the bacterium's machinery and energy to produce more phage until the bacterium is destroyed and phage is released to invade surrounding bacteria" virus - (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein coliphage - a bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli typhoid bacteriophage - a bacteriophage specific for the bacterium Salmonella typhi |
Translations
phage [ˈfeɪdʒ] n (=bacteriophage) → phage m
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