/feɪd͡ʒ/
OriginFrom Ancient Greek -φάγος (-phágos, “eater”), from φαγ- (phag-), aorist stem of ἐσθίω (esthíō), ἔδω (édō, “to eat, to consume”).
- A virus that is parasitic on bacteria.
“"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”
Formsphages(plural) · phage(plural)