acanthosisyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[acanthosis 词源字典]
"Disease of the skin affecting the prickle-cell layer (stratum spinosum) of the epidermis; hyperplasia of prickle cells; an instance of this", Late 19th cent. From acantho- + -osis, after German Akanthose.[acanthosis etymology, acanthosis origin, 英语词源]
acanthocladousyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
"Having spiny branches; ( figurative ) prickly, fraught", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Asa Gray (1810–1888), botanist. From acantho- + ancient Greek κλάδος shoot + -ous.
AcanthocephalayoudaoicibaDictYouDict
"A small phylum of parasitic invertebrates that comprises the thorny-headed worms", Modern Latin (plural), from acantho- 'thornlike' + Greek kephalē 'head'.