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Phage vs Phane - What's the difference?

phage | phane |

As nouns the difference between phage and phane

is that phage is (microbiology|virology) a virus that is parasitic on bacteria while phane is (organic chemistry) any of several substructures of a more complex molecule or phane can be .

phage

English

Noun

(en-noun)Hans-Wolfgang Ackermann: Phage or phages. Bacteriophage Ecology Group (BEG) News, vol 14, 2002-10-01"The plural word phages' refers to different types of phage, whereas in common usage the word ' phage can be both singular and plural, referring in the plural sense to particles of the same type of phage." Maloy et al: Microbial Genetics, 2nd ed., 1984, ISBN 9780867202489, p. 81
  • (microbiology, virology) A virus that is parasitic on bacteria.

    • Synonyms

    * bacteriophage

    References

    * (wikipedia "phage")

    See also

    * virophage

    Anagrams

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    phane

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (phanes) (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any of several substructures of a more complex molecule.
    • Derived terms
    * cryptophane * cyclophane * heterophane * heptaphane - and many similar

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
    • (Joye)
    (Webster 1913)