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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Wikipedia
has an article on:
prophage
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Etymology
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From
pro-
+
phage
.
Noun
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prophage
(
plural
prophages
)
(
biology
)
The
latent
form of a
bacteriophage
in which the
viral
genome
is inserted into the
host
chromosome
.
Translations
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latent form of a bacteriophage in which the viral genome is inserted into the host chromosome
Icelandic:
forveira
f
,
dulveira
f
Italian:
profago
(it)
m
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