The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀδήν“gland”
- English todayadeniform
From adeno- (from Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”)) + -form.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀδήν all →
adeninelymphadenopathyadeno-adenocysticmaschaladenitissialadenoncus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.