| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| VARIANT FORMS: | or phan |
| SUFFIX: | A substance resembling something specified: tryptophan. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Greek -phan s, appearing, from phainesthai, to appear. See bh -1 in Appendix I.
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