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

词根词缀：-ulous, -ulously

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; tending to do, inclined to; full of

【同源单词】acidulous, bibulous, cavernulous, circumnebulous, credible, credulous