"prophage" meaning in English

See prophage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: prophages [plural]
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  1. (biology) The latent form of a bacteriophage in which the viral genome is inserted into the host chromosome. Derived forms: prophagic Translations (latent form of a bacteriophage in which the viral genome is inserted into the host chromosome): forveira [feminine] (Icelandic), dulveira [feminine] (Icelandic), profago [masculine] (Italian)

Inflected forms

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