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Bacteriophage

//bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌfeɪd͡ʒ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A virus that specifically infects bacteria.

    "Another possibility is to enlist a bacteriophage, a kind of virus, to hunt down and kill harmful bacteria for us."

  2. 2
    a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French bactériophage, coined by microbiologist Félix d'Hérelle, from bacterio- (“bacteria”) + -phage (“eater”).

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