bacteriophagous

1. 1.

   of or relating to bacteriophages

   Synonymsbacteriophagic

Questions about bacteriophagous

What does bacteriophagous mean?

bacteriophagous means "of or relating to bacteriophages".

How many syllables are in bacteriophagous?

bacteriophagous has 6 syllables: bac-te-ri-o-pha-gous. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for bacteriophagous?

Close synonyms include bacteriophagic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bacteriophagous a common word?

bacteriophagous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.