pheno-

especially before a vowel, phen-

a combining form meaning “shining,” “appearing, seeming,” used in the formation of compound words.
phenocryst.
a combining form used in the names of chemical compounds that contain phenol or the phenyl group, are related to aromatic compounds, or derive from benzene.
phenobarbital.

pheno-

combining form

showing or manifesting
phenotype
indicating that a molecule contains benzene rings
phenobarbital

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Word History and Origins

< New Latin phaeno- < Greek phaino- shining, combining form of ��í�Ա𾱲� to shine, appear; in chemical senses, used originally with reference to products from the manufacture of illuminating gas

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pheno-¹

from Greek phaino- shining, from phainein to show; its use in a chemical sense is exemplified in phenol, so called because originally prepared from illuminating gas

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“The phenotyping community has rushed off to collect data and the computing is an afterthought.”

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Some scientists complain that the phenotyping approach is unreliable because when different laboratories knock out the same gene, they may see different consequences — adding to the current crisis in the reproducibility of biomedical results.

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The following cablegram came to me from America: Cendrillon hier, success pheno menal.

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phenmetrazine phenobarbital

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