phage

From Ancient Greek -φάγος (-phágos, “eater”), from φαγ- (phag-), aorist stem of ἐσθίω (esthíō), ἔδω (édō, “to eat, to consume”).

• IPA^(key): /feɪd͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -eɪd͡ʒ

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phage (plural phages or phage)

1. (microbiology, virology) A virus that is parasitic on bacteria.
   • "The plural word phages refers to different types of phage, whereas in common usage the word phage can be both singular and plural, referring in the plural sense to particles of the same type of phage." Maloy et al: Microbial Genetics, 2nd ed., 1984, →ISBN, p. 81[1]

• bacteriophage

• virophage

• phage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• phage therapy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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phage m (plural phages)

1. Synonym of bactériophage

• “phage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

phage

1. Alternative form of fage