-phage
[Gr. -phagos, fr. phagein, to eat]
Suffix meaning one that eats, esp. a cell, e.g., a bacteriophage, that destroys cells.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "-phage." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763527/all/_phage.
-phage. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763527/all/_phage. Accessed January 21, 2025.
-phage. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763527/all/_phage
-phage [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2025 January 21]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763527/all/_phage.
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