bacteriophage
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i noun
any of a group of viruses that infect specific bacteria, usually causing their disintegration or dissolution.
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| Often shortened to: phage a virus that is parasitic in a bacterium and multiplies within its host, which is destroyed when the new viruses are released | |
| bacteriophagic | |
| —adj | |
| bacteriophagous | |
| —adj | |
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Medical Dictionary
bacteriophage bac·te·ri·o·phage (bāk-tēr'ē-ə-fāj')
n.
A virus capbale of infecting and lysing bacterial cells. Also called phage.
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Science Dictionary
bacteriophage  (bāk-tîr'ē-ə-fāj') Pronunciation Key
A virus that infects and destroys bacterial cells. |
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Example sentences
The trick begins with a type of virus called a bacteriophage.
After some incubation, different organs were taken, and bacteriophage were recovered from them.
Scientists genetically engineered a bacteriophage-a virus that infects bacteria but is harmless to humans.
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