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pheno-

UK/ˈfiː.nəʊ/US/ˈfiː.noʊ/

pheno- prefix: showing.

Prefix

pheno-

  1. Showing.
    • phenotype
  2. Derived from benzene or containing phenyl.
    • phenol, phenobarbital

Forms of pheno-

alternative before-vowelphen-
alternative formphaeno-
alternative formphæno-

Origin of pheno-

# From Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to bring to light, make appear; to come to light, appear”). Compare -phan in such words as tryptophan. # From phenyl + -o-.

Questions about pheno-

What does pheno- mean?
Pheno- means showing.
What part of speech is pheno-?
Pheno- is a prefix.
How do you pronounce pheno-?
Pheno- is pronounced /ˈfiː.nəʊ/ (UK).

Words near pheno- in the dictionary

  1. phenixes
  2. phenmetrazine
  3. phenmetrazines
  4. phenmiazine
  5. phenmiazines
  6. pheno-
  7. phenobarb
  8. phenobarbital
  9. phenobarbitals
  10. phenobarbitol
  11. phenobarbitone

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