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phage
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun phage has 1 sense
- phage(n = noun.animal) bacteriophage - 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" is a kind of virus
has particulars: coliphage, typhoid bacteriophage
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