different between consumption vs bacteriophagous

consumption

English

Etymology

From Old French consumpcion, from Latin consumptio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k?n?s?mp.??n/

Noun

consumption (usually uncountable, plural consumptions)

  1. The act of eating, drinking or using.
    The consumption of snails as food is more common in France than in England.
  2. The amount consumed.
    gross national consumption
  3. The act of consuming or destroying.
  4. (pathology) The wasting away of the human body through disease.
  5. (pathology, dated) Pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases that cause wasting away, lung infection, etc.

Derived terms

  • autoconsumption, self-consumption
  • conspicuous consumption

Related terms

  • consumer

Translations

consumption From the web:

  • what consumption means
  • what consumption in economics
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  • why is food consumption important
  • what is consumption energy


bacteriophagous

English

Etymology

From bacterio- (bacteria) +? -phagous (eating).

Adjective

bacteriophagous (comparative more bacteriophagous, superlative most bacteriophagous)

  1. Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.

Related terms

  • bacteriophage
  • bacteriophagy

bacteriophagous From the web:

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  • what are bacteriophages made of
  • what are bacteriophages in the food supply
  • what do bacteriophages attack
  • what do bacteriophages infect quizlet
  • what are bacteriophages class 11
  • what do bacteriophages cause
  • what are bacteriophages used for
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