Bacteriophage
any of a group of viruses that infect specific bacteria, usually causing their disintegration or dissolution.
noun
a virus that is parasitic in a bacterium and multiplies within its host, which is destroyed when the new viruses are released often shortened to phage
n.
1921, from french bactériophage (1917), from bacterio-, comb. form of bacteria, + -phage.
bacteriophage bac·te·ri·o·phage (bāk-tēr’ē-ə-fāj’)
n.
a virus capbale of infecting and lysing bacterial cells. also called phage.
bacteriophage
(bāk-tîr’ē-ə-fāj’)
a virus that infects and destroys bacterial cells.
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