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n. A small glandular organ that is situated behind the top of the breastbone, consisting mainly of lymphatic tissue and serving as the site of T cell differentiation. The thymus increases gradually in size and activity until puberty, becoming vestigial thereafter.

n. 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.

adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating, the thymus gland.

n. A genus of labiate plants, belonging to the tribe Satureineæ and subtribe Menthoideæ; the thyme.

n. In anatomy, a fetal structure, vestigial in the adult, one of the so-called ductless glands, of no known function, situated inside the thorax, behind the breast-bone, near the root of the neck.

n. In pathology, same as acrothymion.

n. large genus of Old World mints: thyme

n. a ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity; atrophies with age

"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)."

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