💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Megaphage"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| jumbophagenoun | A very large phage, especially a bacteriophage. |
| phagenoun | (microbiology, virology) A virus that is parasitic on bacteria. |
| phagemidnoun | A phage whose genome contains a plasmid that can be removed during the infection of a host with a second, "helper" phage. |
| microphagenoun | (biology) A small phagocyte, especially a polymorphonuclear leucocyte (a granulocyte) |
| mycobacteriophagenoun | (biology) Any bacteriophage that infects mycobacteria |
| megavirusnoun | Any virus of the family Mimiviridae |
| phagotypenoun | A strain of bacterium that is sensitive to a certain bacteriophage. |
| listeriophagenoun | A listeria bacteriophage |
| erythrophagenoun | A phage / phagocyte that ingests erythrocytes |
| microviridnoun | Any bacteriophage of the family Microviridae |
| enterophagenoun | A phage that infects the bacterium Enterococcus faecalis in the human intestines |
| podophagenoun | Any bacteriophage of the family Podoviridae |
| prophagenoun | (biology) The latent form of a bacteriophage in which the viral genome is inserted into the host chromosome. |
| provirophagenoun | A virophage of a provirus. |
| microphagocytenoun | (rare) Synonym of microphage. |
| vibriophagenoun | A bacteriophage that infects bacteria of the genus Vibrio |
| coliphagenoun | Any of several bacteriophages that can infect strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli |
| phage therapynoun | (medicine) The therapeutic use of lytic bacteriophages to treat pathogenic bacterial infections. |
| macrophagenoun | (immunology, cytology) A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innate immune system. |
| melanophagenoun | A phagocyte that engulfs melanin |
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