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There was a 1st Season Episode of Star Trek Voyager called The Phage where a bunch of aliens whose organs were being eaten away by some virus had to continuousl

There was a 1st Season Episode of Star Trek Voyager called The Phage where a bunch of aliens whose organs were being eaten away by some virus had to continuously harvest fresh new organs from unwitting travelers to stay alive. Is that fictional disease related to the real world virophage?

QuercusMax 4y ago
Phage just means "something that devours". https://www.dictionary.com/browse/phage https://www.dictionary.com/browse/phage As far as I can tell, the Phage that the Vidiians suffer from has nothing to do with any real-world illnesses, except maybe something like Leprosy.
- logicalmonster 4y ago
  In Greek, the word Phage or Fage means "to eat" so that might be the origin. Coincidentally, that's also the name of a pretty rich and thick yogurt, which I assume has nothing to do with viruses.
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  - xyzzy_plugh 4y ago
    During fermentation, there is most definitely some eating going on.