English

adenosquamous

From adeno- + squamous.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁engʷḗn

Ancient Greek ἀδήν ‘gland’

Latin squāma ‘scale’

Latin squāmōsus ‘scaly’

Middle English squamous ‘scaly’

Today it means

adj Having both glandular (adenoid) and squamous characteristics.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / adenosquamous