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phage

  [feyj]
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–noun
bacteriophage.
Origin:
by shortening, or independent use of -phage
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-phage

 
a combining form meaning “a thing that devours,” used in the formation of compound words, esp. the names of phagocytes: macrophage.
Also, -phag.

Origin:
n. use of Gk -phagos -phagous

bac⋅te⋅ri⋅o⋅phage

  [bak-teer-ee-uh-feyj]
–noun
any of a group of viruses that infect specific bacteria, usually causing their disintegration or dissolution.
Also called phage.

Origin:
1920–25; < F bactériophage. See bacterio-, -phage

Related forms:
bac⋅te⋅ri⋅o⋅phag⋅ic  [bak-teer-ee-uh-faj-ik, -fey-jik] , bac⋅te⋅ri⋅oph⋅a⋅gous  [bak-teer-ee-of-uh-guhs] , adjective
bac⋅te⋅ri⋅oph⋅a⋅gy  [bak-teer-ee-of-uh-jee] , noun
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phage   (fāj)   
n.  A bacteriophage.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: bac·te·rio·phage
Pronunciation: bak-'tir-E-&-"fAj, -"fäzh
Function: noun
: a virus that infects bacteria called alsophage —bac·te·ri·oph·a·gy /(")bak-"tir-E-'äf-&-jE/ noun plural -gies

Main Entry: phage
Pronunciation: 'fAj also 'fäzh
Function: noun
: BACTERIOPHAGE
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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.

phage (fāj)
n.
See bacteriophage.

-phage suff.
One that eats: macrophage.

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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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Computing Dictionary

phage
A program that modifies other programs or databases in unauthorised ways; especially one that propagates a virus or Trojan horse. See also worm, mockingbird. The analogy, of course, is with phage viruses in biology.
[The Jargon File]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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