Coliphage

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several bacteriophages that can infect strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli
  2. 2
    a bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli wordnet

Etymology

From coli + -phage.

Related phrases

escherichia coli

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