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virophagy

virophagy noun: the feeding on viruses.

Noun

virophagy (uncountable)

  1. The feeding on viruses.

Origin of virophagy

From viro- (“virus”) + -phagy (“to feed on”).

Questions about virophagy

What does virophagy mean?
Virophagy means the feeding on viruses.
What part of speech is virophagy?
Virophagy is a noun.

Words near virophagy in the dictionary

  1. vironeutralisation
  2. viropause
  3. viropexis
  4. virophage
  5. virophages
  6. virophagy
  7. viroplasm
  8. viroplasmic
  9. viroplasmin
  10. viroplasms
  11. viroporin

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