Medical Definition of Pheo-

1. 1. Prefix denoting the same substituents on a phorbin or phorbide (porphyrin) residue as are present in chlorophyll, excluding any ester residues and Mg. 2. Combining form meaning gray, dark-coloured. Origin: G. Phaios, dusky (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pheo-

phenylthiocarbamoyl protein
phenylthiohydantoin
phenylthiourea
phenylthiourea
phenylthioureas
phenyltoloxamine
phenyltoloxamine
phenyltrimethylammonium
phenyl alcohol
phenyl aminosalicylate
phenyl salicylate
phenyramidol hydrochloride
phenytoin
phenytoin
phenytoins
pheo- (current term)
pheochrome
pheochrome cell
pheochromoblast
pheochromoblastoma
pheochromocyte
pheochromocytoma
pheochromocytoma
pheomelanin
pheomelanogenesis
pheomelanosome
pheon
pheons
pheophytins
phereses

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