prophage

詳細解釋：

pro.phage

n.（名詞）
The latent form of a bacteriophage in which the viral genes are incorporated into the bacterial chromosomes without causing disruption of the bacterial cell.
原噬菌體：抗菌體的潛在形體，在這種形體中病毒基因和細菌染色體結合，而對細菌細胞不能造成分裂

來源：
Short for French probactériophage
法文 probactériophage的簡寫
Greek pro- [before] * see pro- 2
希臘語 pro- [在…之前] *參見 pro-2
New Latin bacterium [bacterium] * see bacterio-
現代拉丁語 bacterium [細菌] *參見 bacterio-
Greek -phagos [-phage]
希臘語 -phagos [後綴，表.吞噬.]