-PHAGE


Meaning of -PHAGE in English

a combining form meaning "a thing that devours," used in the formation of compound words, esp. the names of phagocytes: macrophage.

Also, -phag . Cf. phago-, -phagous, -phagy .

[ n. use of Gk -phagos -PHAGOUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .