| NOUN | animal | bacteriophage, phage | a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria |
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| Meaning | A virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria. | |
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| Synonym | phage | |
| Narrower | coliphage | A bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli |
| typhoid bacteriophage | A bacteriophage specific for the bacterium Salmonella typhi | |
| Broader | virus | (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts |
| Spanish | bacteriófago | |
| Catalan | bacteriòfag, fag | |
| Adjectives | bacteriophagic, bacteriophagous | of or relating to bacteriophages |
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