in taxonomy, "arranged by overall similarity based on all available characters," coined 1960, from Greek phainein "bring to light, cause to appear, show" (from PIE root *bha- (1) "to shine") + -etic. Related: Phenetically.
pheasant
pheme
-phemia
-phene
Phenecian
phenetic
phenix
pheno-
phenobarbital
phenol
phenology