Associations to the word «Bacteriophage»

Wiktionary

BACTERIOPHAGE, noun. (microbiology) (virology) A virus that specifically infects bacteria.

Dictionary definition

BACTERIOPHAGE, noun. A virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria; "phage uses the bacterium's machinery and energy to produce more phage until the bacterium is destroyed and phage is released to invade surrounding bacteria".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats