English
glandectomy
From gland + -ectomy.
Formed from gland + -ectomy
Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- ‘acorn’
…
Latin glandula ‘a little acorn’
Latin glandulae ‘throat glands, tonsils’
Old French glandre
French glande
English gland
Today it means
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Etymograph / glandectomy