Synonyms & related words for bacteriophage

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of bacteriophage. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to bacteriophage

Explore words related to bacteriophage — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include phage, bacterial, bacterium, adenovirus, bacillus, virion, pathogen, bacterially. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does bacteriophage come from?

The word bacteriophage breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: bacterio, from Greek bakterion (“little staff, rod”); and phage, from Greek phagein (“to eat, devour”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.