-phage

-phage

suff.

One that eats or ingests: macrophage.

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[From Greek -phagos, eating, from phagein, to eat; see bhag- in Indo-European roots.]

-phage

n combining form

indicating something that eats or consumes something specified: bacteriophage.

[from Greek -phagos; see phago-]

-phagous adj combining form

phage

(feɪdʒ)

n.

bacteriophage.

[by shortening]

-phage

a combining form meaning “a thing that devours,” used esp. in the names of viruses and phagocytes: bacteriophage; macrophage.

[n. use of Greek -phagos -phagous]