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Gland of uncertain function
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thymus
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
thymus \thy"mus\ (th[imac]"m[u^]s), a. [NL., fr. Gr. qy`mos.] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the thymus gland. -- n. The thymus gland. Thymus gland , or Thymus body , a ductless gland in the throat, or in the neighboring region, of nearly all ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Thymus is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae .
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
gland near the base of the neck, 1690s, Modern Latin, from Greek thymos "a warty excrescence," used of the gland by Galen, literally "thyme," probably so called because of a fancied resemblance to a bud of thyme (see thyme ). Related: Thymic .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy immunology English) A ductless gland, consisting mainly of lymphatic tissue, located behind the top of the breastbone. It is most active during puberty, after which it shrinks in size. It plays an important role in the development of ...
Usage examples of thymus.
Linsmayer reported a case in which there was a softened adenoma in the pituitary body, and the thymus was absent.
A second possibility arises from the fact that the thymus is composed of lymphoid tissue, very like that of the spleen, the tonsils, and the lymph nodes.
It has seemed possible, therefore, that the thymus shared the functions of such lymphoid tissue and, one way or another, combatted bacterial infection.
There is a series of organs in the body which has long puzzled physiologists,--organs of glandular aspect, but having no ducts,--the spleen, the thyroid and thymus bodies, and the suprarenal capsules.
The thymus glands, sweetbreads, are collected in a plastic bag until he has enough for a meal.
One is tempted to think that the thymus might produce some secretion which, like the juvenile hormone of insects, keeps a child from maturing.
It has seemed possible, therefore, that the thymus shared the functions of such lymphoid tissue and, one way or another, combatted bacterial infection.
Two that continue to arouse a great deal of attention involve the thymus organ and the pineal gland.
Removal of the thymus in very young mice also makes it possible for the creature to accept skin grafts from other animals.
If the thymus inserts are from another strain of mice, skin grafts from that other strain will still be accepted.
I put it into a flat spiral motion, forcing it to move downward through my spleen and my solar plexus, up into the suprarenals, the thymus.
Occasionally in the past there were speculations as to the effect on adolescence, and the changes that took place at this time, of the thymus gland (from a Greek word of uncertain derivation).
The thymus gland lies in the upper chest, in front of the lungs and above the heart, extending upward into the neck.
Hans Weatheral, a youth of some ninety years and still adolescent in appearance through a hyper-active thymus gland, was one of her charges.
The heart, which looked like a strapped-down slab of red meat, the pathetically deflated lungs, the thymus gland—.