bacteriophage

Noun CEFR C1

bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌfeɪd͡ʒ

Definitions

A virus that specifically infects bacteria.

Equivalents

Españolbacteriófago

Françaisbactériophage

DeutschBakteriophage

14 more languages

Češtinabakteriofág

Ελληνικάβακτηριοφάγος φάγος

Euskarabakteriofago

Suomibakteriofagi faagi

Gaeilgebaictéarafagach

Galegobacteriófago

Íslenskafága

日本語バクテリオファージ

Қазақ тілібактериофаг

한국어박테리오파지

Latviešubakteriofāgs

Polskibakteriofag fag

Portuguêsbacteriófago

Türkçebakteriyofaj

Examples

“Another possibility is to enlist a bacteriophage, a kind of virus, to hunt down and kill ⟳ harmful bacteria for us.”

CEFR level

C1

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See also

bacteriophagic bacteriophagy bacteriopheophorbide bacteriopheophytin bacteriophobe bacteriophobia

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