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Bacteria destroyer
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phage
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WordNet
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n. a virus that is parasitic in bacteria; it uses the bacterium's machinery and energy to produce more phage until the bacterium is destroyed and phage is released to invade surrounding bacteria [syn: bacteriophage ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
bacteriophage \bacteriophage\ n. sing. & pl. a virus which infects bacteria; -- also colloquially called phage in laboratory jargon. Note: Bacteriophages are of many varieties, generally specific for one or a narrow range of bacterial species, and almost ...
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__NOTOC__ " Phage " is the fifth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager . The episode originally aired on February 6, 1995 on the UPN network. The episode was directed by Winrich Kolbe. Set in the ...
Usage examples of phage.
For her part, the adversary, Phage, stood still, one foot slightly ahead of the other.
Even as the shafts flew, trembling with the force of the throw, Phage grasped empty air again.
The head surged down toward Phage with speed enough to split her from skull to navel.
Braids always seemed that way to Phage, a stark ambivalence-two conflicting truths overlaid.
The servants followed Braids and Phage into a room that was cavernous, though it felt small.
During any other audience, the hand attendants performed every manual task for the First, but not when Phage came calling.
In the primordial waters, Phage thought she glimpsed her brother, struggling away across a sandy waste.
With a powerful overhand swing, Phage hurled a flaming flask over the gates.
While fire turned the village to ash, Phage did the same to the villagers.
Reaching Phage, the crone bowed her white head and executed a crusty curtsey.
Here was a woman who understood Phage without hours of fruitless discussion.
With this new mouthpiece and earpiece among her taskmasters, Phage would know everything.
Most folk were nauseated by his presence, but Phage was renewed by it.
As the First made his way past rot holes in the plank, Phage went to her knees.
They bowed their heads, but Phage could feel their hot glares on her back, as surely as the cold glare of the First on her face.