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Phage

Noun CEFR B1
feɪd͡ʒ

Definitions

A virus that is parasitic on bacteria.

Equivalents

Françaisphage
العربيةالفيروس
4 more languages
Ελληνικάφάγος
Galegofago

Examples

“"The plural word phages refers to different types of phage, whereas in common usage the word phage can be both singular and plural, referring in the plural sense to particles of the same type of phage." Maloy et al: Microbial Genetics, 2nd ed., 1984, →ISBN, p. 81”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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