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bacteriophage

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13 lettersPronunciation /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌfeɪd͡ʒ/Part of speech nounSorted aabceeghioprtStarts with BEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria

Word origin

Borrowed from French bactériophage, coined by microbiologist Félix d'Hérelle, from bacterio- (“bacteria”) + -phage (“eater”).

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

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