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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria; "phage uses the bacterium's machinery and energy to produce more phage until the bacterium is destroyed and phage is released to invade surrounding bacteria" [syn: bacteriophage, phage]
Merriam Webster's
noun Etymology: by shortening Date: 1926 bacteriophage
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. = BACTERIOPHAGE. Etymology: abbr.
