different between thymus vs thymosin

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)

1. (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 [2^nd 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

1. (medicine) A type of wart

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Related terms

• thymium
• thym?sus
• thymum

Swedish

Noun

thymus c

1. (anatomy, immunology) thymus

Declension

Synonyms

• bräss

English

Noun

thymosin (plural thymosins)

1. A polypeptide hormone, secreted by the thymus, that stimulates the development of T cells as part of the immune system

Translations