BACTERIOPHAGE


Meaning of BACTERIOPHAGE in English

[ 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'.

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