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a combining form occurring in the names of substances, especially minerals, that seem like or have the qualities of that named by the initial element: collophane, hydrophane.
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How to use -phane in a sentence
He was married to a giantess called Phane; hence Phanefjord.
A Danish Parsonage|John Fulford Vicary
British Dictionary definitions for -phane
-phane
n combining form
indicating something resembling a specified substancecellophane
Word Origin for -phane
from Greek phainein to shine, (in passive) appear
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Medical definitions for -phane
-phane
suff.
A substance resembling something specified:tryptophan.
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