Толковый словарь английского языка - thymus
Thymus
thymus
noun (plural ~es; also thymi) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek thymos warty excrescence, ~ Date: 1578 a glandular structure of largely lymphoid tissue that functions especially in the development of the body's immune system, is present in the young of most vertebrates typically in the upper anterior chest or at the base of the neck, and tends to atrophy in the adult
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n. (pl. thymi) (in full thymus gland) Anat. a lymphoid organ situated in the neck of vertebrates (in humans becoming much smaller at the approach of puberty) producing lymphocytes for the immune response. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk thumos ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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