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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