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# bacteriophage

«bacteriophage» in Mova's school dictionary: **A virus that infects and kills bacteria; often shortened…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (bacteriophage, bacteriophages) — science

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bacteriophage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bacteriophage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.