bacteriophages
Meaning of bacteriophages
plural noun
a virus which parasitizes a bacterium by infecting it and reproducing inside it. Bacteriophages are much used in genetic research.
1920s: from bacterium + Greek phagein ‘eat’.
Information about bacteriophages
- It is a name.
- The singular form of bacteriophages is: bacteriophage.
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Hyphenation of bacteriophages
bac-te-rio-phages
- It consists of 4 syllables and 14 chars.
- bacteriophages is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
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