-phage
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- One that eats:
表示“吞噬者”：
macrophage.
巨噬细胞
语源
- From Greek -phagos [eating]
源自 希腊语 -phagos [吃] - from phagein [to eat] * see bhag-
源自 phagein [吃] *参见 bhag-
-phage
combining form in countable noun
indicating something that eats or consumes something specified
⇒
bacteriophage
Derived Forms
-phagous combining form in adjectiveOrigin
from Greek -phagos; see phago--phage
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “a thing that devours,” used in the formation of compound words, especially the names of phagocytes:
macrophage.
Also, -phag.
Compare phago-, -phagous, -phagy.
Origin
noun use of Greek -phagos -phagous
Related Words
- -phagy
- anthropophagi
- bacteriophage
- bibliophage
- coliphage
- macrophage
-phagea word element meaning 'eating', 'devouring', used in biology to refer to phagocytes, as in bacteriophage.
[French, from Latin -phagus, from Greek -phagos. See -phagous]-phage
noun combining form
bacteriophage
microphage
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY Greek -phagos one that eats, from -phagos -phagous
: virus or cell that destroys cellsbacteriophage
microphage
-phage
word-forming element meaning "eater," from stem of Greek phagein "to eat" (see -phagous).
☞ phage
-phage
\ˌfāj sometimes ˌfäzh or ˌfȧzh\ noun combining form
also -phag\ˌfag, -aa(ə)g, -aig\
(-s)
Etymology: Greek -phagos, from phagein
1. : one that eats
< ostreophage >
< xylophage >
2. : cell (as a phagocyte) that destroys cells
< bacteriophage >
also -phag
1.
< ostreophage >
< xylophage >
2.
< bacteriophage >
-phage
Suffix
- Something that eats, or consumes.
Etymology
From Latin suffix -phagus, from Ancient Greek φάγος (phágos, “glutton”), from Ancient Greek φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”), aorist active infinitive of ἔφαγον (éphagon, “I ate, devoured”).
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -phage