bacteriophagy
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a word derived from
bacteriophage.
bacteriophagenounany of a group of viruses that infect specific bacteria, usually causing their disintegration or dissolution.
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But too much must not yet be expected of bacteriophagy.
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This reproduction of bacteriophages at the expense of their bacterial hosts is now termed bacteriophagy.
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Before Dr. d'Herelle's first brochures relating to bacteriophagy appeared in 1917, Professor Smith, bacteriologist and immunologist, felt that "our ideas concerning immunity were entirely inadequate."
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