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bacteriophage

Syllables: bac·ter·i·o·phage/bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌfeɪd͡ʒ/

bacteriophage noun: a virus that specifically infects bacteria.

Noun

bacteriophage (plural bacteriophages)

  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.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 54
    Synonyms:
    phage

bacteriophage meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malay

bacteriophage in Hindi

a virus that infects bacteria
जीवाणुभोजी jīvāṇubhojī

bacteriophage in Tamil

நுண்ணுயிருண்ணி, நுண்மத் தெவ்வு, நுண்ணுயிர் உண்ணி, நுண்மத்தில் வளர்ந்தழி நச்சுயிரி, பற்றீரியாதின்னி, நுண்ணுயிர் அழிக்கும் அதிநுண்ணுயிர்கள்

bacteriophage in Kannada

ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮಾಣು ಭಕ್ಷಕ, ಬ್ಯಾಕ್ಟೀರಿಯ ಭಕ್ಷಕ, ದಂಡಾಣು ಭಕ್ಷಕ

bacteriophage in Malay

a virus that infects bacteria
bakteriofaj
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bacteriophage in Indonesian
bakteriofag
bacteriophage in Vietnamese
thực khuẩn thể

Synonyms of bacteriophage

Forms of bacteriophage

pluralbacteriophages

Origin of bacteriophage

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

Words formed from bacteriophage

Words that rhyme with bacteriophage

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Questions about bacteriophage

What does bacteriophage mean?
Bacteriophage means a virus that specifically infects bacteria.
What is bacteriophage in Hindi?
Bacteriophage in Hindi is जीवाणुभोजी (jīvāṇubhojī). See Bacteriophage meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is bacteriophage?
Bacteriophage is a noun.
How do you pronounce bacteriophage?
Bacteriophage is pronounced /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌfeɪd͡ʒ/.
What is the plural of bacteriophage?
The plural of bacteriophage is bacteriophages.

Words near bacteriophage in the dictionary

  1. bacterioopsin
  2. bacterioopsins
  3. bacteriopathology
  4. bacteriophaeophytin
  5. bacteriophaeophytins
  6. bacteriophage
  7. bacteriophages
  8. bacteriophagia
  9. bacteriophagic
  10. bacteriophagous
  11. bacteriophagy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bacteriophage (page history and authors); bacteriophage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bacteriophage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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