bacteriophage
Meaning of bacteriophage
noun
a virus which parasitizes a bacterium by infecting it and reproducing inside it. Bacteriophages are much used in genetic research.
1920s: from bacterium + Greek phagein ‘eat’.
Information about bacteriophage
- It is a name.
- The plural form of bacteriophage is: bacteriophages.
- Languages in which bacteriophage is used:
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Hyphenation of bacteriophage
bac-te-rio-phage
- It consists of 4 syllables and 13 chars.
- bacteriophage is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
bacteriophage synonyms
Meaning phage:
Translation of bacteriophage
- Spanish: bacteriófago
- French: bactériophage
- Italian: batteriofago, fago
- Portuguese: bacteriófago, fago
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