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thymes
English
Noun
thymes
- plural of thyme
Anagrams
- Smythe, mythes
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thymus
English
Etymology
From the Modern Latin thymus, from the Ancient Greek ????? (thúmos, “warty excrescence, (also, as used by Galen) thymus gland”). Doublet of thymos and fume.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: th??m?s, IPA(key): /??a?m?s/
- Rhymes: -a?m?s
Noun
thymus (plural thymi)
- (anatomy, immunology) 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 the immune system and produces lymphocytes.
Derived terms
- thymectomy
Translations
See also
- sweetbreads
References
- “?thymus” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
??(??a?m?s)?Pl. thymi (??a?ma?) … a. Gr. ????? (??-)
Anagrams
- mythus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (thúmos, “warty excrescence”, “thymus gland”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?t?y.mus/, [?t???m?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ti.mus/, [?t?i?mus]
Noun
thymus m (genitive thym?); second declension
- (medicine) A type of wart
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Related terms
- thymium
- thym?sus
- thymum
Swedish
Noun
thymus c
- (anatomy, immunology) thymus
Declension
Synonyms
- bräss
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