phage

1 of 2

noun

ˈfāj 

also

ˈfäzh 

: bacteriophage

-phage

2 of 2

noun combining form

: virus or cell that destroys cells

bacteriophage

microphage

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

In the open category, Xiang En Lim won with this portrait of Esther Lederberg, whose research on lambda phage viruses has helped to advance the field of genetics. —Eva Amsen, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022

To find out, Doudna, UC Berkeley geomicrobiologist Jillian Banfield, and their colleagues went looking for additional examples of CRISPR in the phage world. —Bymitch Leslie, science.org, 23 Nov. 2022

Testing a phage is quite straightforward in principle. —WIRED, 27 Sep. 2022

Some of these antiviral defenses, such as CRISPR-Cas9, recognize specific sequences in the DNA that a phage injects into its host. —Annie Melchor, Quanta Magazine, 29 Aug. 2022

Patterson's case was published in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy in 2017, jump-starting new scientific interest in phage therapy. —Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 8 July 2022

It’s not just bacterial switches that appear to be phage inventions. —Ivan Erill, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2021

Perhaps not surprisingly, bacterial and phage switches are evolutionarily related. —Ivan Erill, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2021

In a new study by Garrett et al., a complete set of overlapping linear peptides on a phage display backbone was developed, which spanned the entire spike protein. —William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 13 May 2021

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Word History

Etymology

Noun

by shortening

Noun combining form

Greek -phagos one that eats, from -phagos -phagous

First Known Use

Noun

1925, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

phage

noun

ˈfāj 

 also  ˈfäzh

: bacteriophage

Medical Definition

phage

noun

ˈfāj also ˈfäzh

: bacteriophage