prophages
Meaning of prophages
plural noun
the genetic material of a bacteriophage, incorporated into the genome of a bacterium and able to produce phages if specifically activated.
1950s: from pro-2 ‘before’ + phage.
Information about prophages
- It is a name.
- The singular form of prophages is: prophage.
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Hyphenation of prophages
prophages
- It consists of 1 syllables and 9 chars.
- prophages is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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