phage
noun/feɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology
From Ancient Greek -φάγος (-phágos, “eater”), from φαγ- (phag-), aorist stem of ἐσθίω (esthíō), ἔδω (édō, “to eat, to consume”).
- derived from -φάγος
Definitions
A virus that is parasitic on bacteria.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for phage. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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