The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὄγκος“tumor”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀδήν“gland”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσίαλον“saliva”
- English todaysialadenoncus
From sial(o)- (“saliva”) + aden- (“gland”) + -oncus (“tumor”), from Ancient Greek σίαλον (síalon, “saliva”), Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”), and Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “tumor”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσίαλον all →
sialicsialoquent
Ancient Greekἀδήν all →
adeninelymphadenopathyadeniformadeno-adenocysticmaschaladenitis
Ancient Greekὄγκος all →
onchocerciasisarthroncusgonyoncusmaschaloncusonco-oncotic-oncusparophthalmoncusstaphyloncus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.