phage

n. 噬菌体 [化] 噬菌体

发音

US /feɪd͡ʒ/

词形变化

phages 复数 phages

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A virus that is parasitic on bacteria.

    生物

    "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

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

bacteriophage

上位词 1

virus

下位词 1

coliphage

相关短语

phage therapy phage therapies

词源

From Ancient Greek -φάγος (-phágos, “eater”), from φαγ- (phag-), aorist stem of ἐσθίω (esthíō), ἔδω (édō, “to eat, to consume”).

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