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bac·te·rio·pha·gia (bak-tēr″e-o-faґjə) bacteriolysis by a bacteriophage.
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bacteriophagia
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bacteriolysis — The dissolution of bacteria, e.g., by means of enzymes, hypotonic solutions, or specific antibody and complement. [bacterio + G. lysis, dissolution] * * * bac·te·ri·ol·y·sis (.)bak .tir ē äl ə səs n, pl y·ses .sēz destruction or dissolution of… … Medical dictionary
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Twort-d'Herelle phenomenon — the phenomenon of transmissible bacterial lysis (bacteriophagia). When to a broth culture of typhoid or dysentery bacilli there is added a drop of filtered broth emulsion of the stool from a convalescent typhoid or dysentery patient, complete… … Medical dictionary
