prophage
[ proh-feyj ]
/ ˈproʊˌfeɪdʒ /
noun Microbiology.
a stable, inherited form of bacteriophage in which the genetic material of the virus is integrated into, replicated, and expressed with the genetic material of the bacterial host.
Origin of prophage
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British Dictionary definitions for prophage
prophage
/ (ˈprəʊfeɪdʒ) /
noun
a virus that exists in a bacterial cell and undergoes division with its host without destroying it
Compare bacteriophage
Word Origin for prophage
C20: by contraction from French
probactériophage; see
pro- ²,
bacteriophage
Medical definitions for prophage
prophage
[ prō′fāj′ ]
n.
The latent form of a bacteriophage in which viral genes are incorporated into bacterial chromosomes disrupting the bacterial cell.
probacteriophage