 bacteriophage |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (biology) 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 | |
| Synonyms: | phage | |
| Related terms: | virus typhoid_bacteriophage coliphage | |
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bacteriophagic bacteriophagous bacterioid bacteria_genus bacteriemia bactericide bacteriological bacterioidal bacteriostat bacteriology bacteriacide bacteria_bed bacteriaemia bacteriolytic bacteriolysis bacteriologic bacteremia bacteriologist bacteria_order bacteriostasis bacteriostatic bacterially bacterial_toxin |
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