bacteriophage

See also: bactériophage

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bactériophage, coined by microbiologist Félix d'Hérelle, from bacterio- (“bacteria”) +‎ -phage (“eater”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌfeɪdʒ/
enPR: bâk'tîr'ē'ə'fāj
Hyphenation: bac‧ter‧i‧o‧phage

Noun

bacteriophage (plural bacteriophages)

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

Synonyms

phage

Derived terms

Translations

a virus that infects bacteria

Catalan: bacteriòfag m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 噬菌體 (zh), 噬菌体 (zh) (shìjūntǐ, shìjùntǐ)
Czech: bakteriofág (cs) m
Danish: bakteriofag (da) c
Finnish: bakteriofagi (fi)
French: bactériophage (fr) m
German: Bakteriophage (de) f
Greek: βακτηριοφάγος (el) m (vaktiriofágos), φάγος m (fágos)

Hungarian: bakteriofág
Icelandic: bakteríuveira f, faga f, gerilveira f, gerilæta f
Irish: baictéarafagach m
Latvian: bakteriofāgs (lv) m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bakteriofag m

Nynorsk: bakteriofag m
Portuguese: bacteriófago (pt) m
Spanish: bacteriófago (es)

See also

virophage

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