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bacteriophage

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. bacteriophage (noun)
  2. bacteriophage lambda (noun)

bac·te·ri·o·phage

noun \bak-ˈtir-ē-ə-ˌfāj, -ˌfäzh\

Definition of BACTERIOPHAGE

: a virus that infects bacteria—called also phage
—bac·te·ri·oph·a·gy \(ˌ)bak-ˌtir-ē-ˈäf-ə-jē\ noun, plural bac·te·ri·oph·a·gies

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