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# bacteriophage

noun (bacteriophage, bacteriophages) — science

«bacteriophage» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(science) A virus that infects and kills bacteria; often shortened to «phage». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bacteriophage/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on microbes: phages look like tiny space landers; scientists study them as a way to fight bacteria that antibiotics cannot kill. They do not infect people.

### Examples

- A bacteriophage attacks only bacteria. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bacteriophage/#x1)
- The bacteriophage looks like a tiny lunar lander. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bacteriophage/#x2)
- Phages could help when antibiotics fail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bacteriophage/#x3)
- Scientists found bacteriophages in river water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bacteriophage/#x4)
- A bacteriophage injects its DNA into a bacterium. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bacteriophage/#x5)
- Our science poster showed a bacteriophage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bacteriophage/#x6)

### Note

Said «bak-TEER-ee-o-fayj». Plural: bacteriophages. Short form: phage.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bacteriophage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bacteriophage/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bacteriophage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bacteriophage.html) on Mova free.