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phage therapy

phage therapy noun: the therapeutic use of lytic bacteriophages to treat pathogenic bacterial infections.

Noun

phage therapy (countable and uncountable, plural phage therapies)

  1. The therapeutic use of lytic bacteriophages to treat pathogenic bacterial infections.

Forms of phage therapy

pluralphage therapies

Questions about phage therapy

What does phage therapy mean?
Phage therapy means the therapeutic use of lytic bacteriophages to treat pathogenic bacterial infections.
What part of speech is phage therapy?
Phage therapy is a noun.
What is the plural of phage therapy?
The plural of phage therapy is phage therapies.

Words near phage therapy in the dictionary

  1. phaetons
  2. Phagan
  3. Phagans
  4. phage
  5. phage therapies
  6. phage therapy
  7. phagedaena
  8. phagedaenic
  9. phagedaenical
  10. phagedaenous
  11. phagedena

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