virophage

viʁɔfaʒ

Definition

Definition of virophage - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

virologie

TECH.

virus qui parasite un autre virus plus grand

TECH.

Les chercheurs ont découvert un virophage dans cette cellule infectée.

Adjective

virologie

TECH.

qui attaque et parasite un autre virus

TECH.

Ce virus virophage infecte les virus géants présents dans la cellule.

antiviral

parasitaire

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Origin of virophage

anglais/latin, virus (latin virus, poison) + -phage (mangeur)

Examples of virophage in a sentence

On étudie le génome de ce nouveau virophage.
Un élément virophage perturbe la réplication de ce pathogène.
Cette particule virophage réduit la virulence du virus hôte.

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English:virophage, ...
German:Virophage, virophag, ...
Italian:virofago, ...
Spanish:virofago, virofágico, ...
Portuguese:virofago, virofágico, ...
Chinese:噬病毒体, 噬病毒的, ...
Japanese:ウイルスファージ, ウイルス寄生性の, ...
Arabic:فَيْرُوس مُفْتَرِس, مفترس الفيروسات, ...
Hebrew:וִירוֹפָאג', טּוֹרֵף וִירוּסִים, ...
Russian:вирофаг, вирофагный, ...
Ukrainian:вірофаг, вірофагний, ...
Catalan:virofag, virofaga, ...
Danish:virofag, virusparasitisk, ...
Dutch:virofaag, ...
Greek:ιόφαγος, ...
Khmer:វីរ៉ូផាច, វីរ៉ូផាស, ...
Korean:비로파지, 바이러스를 공격하고 기생하는, ...
Polish:wirofag, wirofagowy, ...
Portuguese (BR):virofago, virofágico, ...
Romanian:virofag, ...
Swedish:virofag, som parasiterar på andra virus, ...
Thai:ไวโรฟาจ, ที่เป็นปรสิตต่อไวรัส, ...
Turkish:virofaj, ...
Vietnamese:virus ký sinh virus, ký sinh trên virus khác, ...

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Definition of virophage - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

Adjective

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