| -phage | |
| —n combining form | |
| indicating something that eats or consumes something specified: bacteriophage | |
| [from Greek -phagos; see | |
| -phagous | |
| —adj combining form | |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
-phage suff.
One that eats: macrophage.