phage

See also: -phage

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

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

Synonyms

• bacteriophage

Derived terms

• phage therapy

See also

• virophage

References

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

Anagrams

• Pegah

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

phage m (plural phages)

1. Synonym of bactériophage

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

phage

1. Alternative form of fage