词根词缀：axillo-, axill-, axil-

【来源及含义】Latin: armpit; angle; borrowed directly from Latin ala which meant both "wing" and "the hollow under a wing or an arm"

【同源单词】armpit, axil, axilla, axillant, axillar, axillary

词根词缀：gland-, glans-

【来源及含义】Latin: acorn; in medicine, gland, glans

【相关描述】Used in medicine to mean "gland", an aggregation of cells, specialized to secrete or excrete materials not related to their ordinary metabolic needs. Also, "glans" is a general term for a small rounded mass, or glandlike body. The plural of "glans" is "glandes".

【同源单词】axillary gland, biglandular, dysglandular, ecdysial gland, eglandulous, gland