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Word: Bacteriophage
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1920s: from bacterium + Greek phagein ‘eat’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
bakˈtɪərɪə(ʊ)feɪdʒ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a virus which parasitizes a bacterium by infecting it and reproducing inside it. Bacteriophages are much used in genetic research.
Short Definition:virus which parasitizes bacterium by infecting it and reproducing inside it
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