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s | phage |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun phage is

(microbiology|virology) a virus that is parasitic on bacteria.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    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

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