English

enteroadherent

From entero- + adherent.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros ‘inside, within’

Ancient Greek ἔντερον ‘intestine’

Latin haereō ‘to stick, stick fast’

Latin adhaereō ‘to stick to, cling’

Latin adhaerēns ‘cleaving or sticking to’

Old French adherent

Middle English adherent

Today it means

adj That adheres to the walls of the intestines

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

Etymograph / enteroadherent