phage

About 1.89 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A virus that is parasitic on bacteria.
2. noun ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “φᾰγεῖν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1543
3. noun ↑ Hans-Wolfgang Ackermann: Phage or phages. Bacteriophage Ecology Group (BEG) News, vol 14, 2002-10-01

Similar words

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Often followed by

dna particles and display is typing type lambda

Word family

phages