phage

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Definition of phage in English English dictionary: A virus that is parasitic to bacteria; A virus for which the natural host is a bacterial cell Source : Human Genome Project Information; Virus that infects bacteria, sometimes causing the death of the host organism; a virus that is parasitic in bacteria; it uses the bacterium's machinery and energy to produce more phage until the bacterium is destroyed and phage is released to invade surrounding bacteria; A program that modifies other programs or databases in unauthorised ways; especially one that propagates a virus or Trojan horse; A virus for which the natural host is a bacterial cell; {i} bacteriophage, virus that destroys bacteria (Biology); A program that modifies other programs or databases in unauthorized ways; especially one that propagates a virus or Trojan horse; A bacteriophage
-phage: Something that eats, or consumes
phages: plural of phage

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[ 'fAj also 'fäzh ] (noun.) 1926. Ancient Greek φαγητόν (phageton, “food, consumption”) φαγεῖν aorist of ἐσθίω, ἔδω (“to eat, to consume”).

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