The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκύστις“bladder”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀδήν“gland”
- English todayadenocystic
From adeno- + cystic, from Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”) and Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀδήν all →
adeninelymphadenopathyadeniformadeno-maschaladenitissialadenoncus
Ancient Greekκύστις all →
cysticcystcystinecystocelecysticercuscystocarp
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.