18 дек. 2019 г. · The prefix (phago- or phag-) means to eat, consume, or destroy. It is derived from the Greek phagein, which means to consume.

From Latin suffix -phagus, from Ancient Greek φάγος (phágos, “glutton”), from Ancient Greek φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”).

6 янв. 2020 г. · The suffixes phagia and phage are used in biology. Examples of these in use include aphagia, the inability to swallow or eat.

a virus that infects bacteria : bacteriophage They cloned the antibody genes and inserted them into phage, a virus that infects bacteria cells.

[Gr. -phagos, fr. phagein, to eat] Suffix meaning one that eats, esp. a cell, e.g., a bacteriophage, that destroys cells.

3 дня назад · a combining form meaning “a thing that devours,” used in the formation of compound words, especially the names of phagocytes: macrophage.

a combining form meaning “a thing that devours,” used in the formation of compound words, esp. the names of phagocytes. macrophage.

phage is formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: bacteriophage n.

acreophagis. anyone, or anything, which does not consume meat ; acridophage. feeding on, consuming, or eating grasshoppers ; macrophage. an immune-system cell ...