Defenition of the word bacteriophage

• Defenition of the word bacteriophage

  • A virus that infects bacteria.
  • virus parasitic in bacteria; multiplies within its host
  • a virus that is parasitic in bacteria; it uses the bacterium''s machinery and energy to produce more phage until the bacterium is destroyed and phage is released to invade surrounding bacteria
  • a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria

Synonyms for the word bacteriophage

• • phage

Hyponyms for the word bacteriophage

• • coliphage
  • typhoid bacteriophage

Hypernyms for the word bacteriophage

• • virus

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