-phage
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-phage
suff.
One that eats or ingests: macrophage.
-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.
[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]