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bacteriophage definition

bac·te·rio·phage (bak tir′ē ə fāj′)

noun

any virus that infects bacteria

Etymology: bacterio- + -phage

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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