[ bak'tɪərɪə(ʊ)feɪdʒ , -fα:ʒ ]
■ noun Biology a kind of virus which parasitizes a bacterium by infecting it and reproducing inside it.
Origin
1920s: from bacterium + Gk phagein 'eat'.
[ bak'tɪərɪə(ʊ)feɪdʒ , -fα:ʒ ]
■ noun Biology a kind of virus which parasitizes a bacterium by infecting it and reproducing inside it.
Origin
1920s: from bacterium + Gk phagein 'eat'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004