See Also: pheno-(medicine)
pheno(dictionary)
pheno-(dictionary)
acrylic(dictionary)
acrylic(dictionary)
Acrylic(medicine)
acrylic resin(medicine)
acrylic acids(medicine)
acrylic compound(encyclopedia)
acrylic painting(encyclopedia)

pheno- (iou) and acrylic (oh)


pheno- (iou)



pheno- combining form. Before a vowel also phen-.
[In sense 1 from French phenyle PHENYL, in sense 2 from Greek phainein to show: see -O-.]
1. Chemistry. Phenyl.
2. Showing, manifesting, as phenocopy, phenotype.
phenocopy noun (Biology) an individual showing features characteristic of a genotype Other than its own, but produced environmentally rather than genetically M20.
phenogram noun (Taxonomy) a dendrogram showing phenetic Relationships M20.
pheno'safranine noun a synthetic red dye which is used in Photography as a desensitizer L19.

acrylic (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: acrolein chemical compound (19-21 centuries), from Greek akr- ( ACRONYM) + Latin olere 'to smell']
acrylic paints or cloth are made from chemical substances, not natural substances