Phage

Pronunciation

IPA: /feÉªdÊ’/
Rhymes: -eÉªdÊ’

Origin

Ancient Greek Ï†Î±Î³Î·Ï„ÏŒÎ½ (phageton, "food, consumption"), from Ï†Î±Î³Îµá¿–Î½ aorist of á¼ÏƒÎ¸Î¯Ï‰, á¼”Î´Ï‰ ("to eat, to consume").

Full definition of phage

Noun

phage

(plural phages or phage)

Hans-Wolfgang Ackermann: Phage or phages. Bacteriophage Ecology Group (BEG) News, vol 14, 2002-10-01"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 9780867202489, p. 81

(microbiology, virology) A virus that is parasitic to bacteria.

Synonyms

bacteriophage

Anagrams

Pegah