-phane

-phane
-phane [fān]
< Gr phainein, to appear: see FANTASYcombining form
a substance that has a (specified) appearance or resembles (something specified) [allophane, cymophane]

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-phane or -phan suff.
A substance resembling something specified:

tryptophan.

  [From Greek -phanēs, appearing, from phainesthai, to appear. See bhā-1.

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