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词根:clandestin = secret (秘密)

clandestine a. 秘密的

词根词缀:clandesti-, clandest-

【来源及含义】Latin: secret, secrecy; hidden, concealed, private

【相关词根词缀】 A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "secret, hidden, confidential, concealed": ceal-; crypto-; myster-; occult-; orgy; stego-, stegano-.

【同源单词】clandescent, clandestine, clandestine chemistry, clandestine operation, clandestinely, clandestineness

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