Definitions for Thymus

Thymus thy·mus

Spelling: [thahy-muh s]
IPA: /ˈθaɪ məs/

Thymus is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 80 anagrams from letters in Thymus (hmstuy).

Definitions for Thymus

noun

  1. a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.

Origin of Thymus

1685-95; New Latin Greek thýmos warty excrescence, thymus

Examples for Thymus

After respiration they expand and occupy the whole thorax, and closely surround the heart and thymus gland.

The thymus gland, which lies near the heart and is often called the heart sweetbread, is the best one.

Within the thoracic cavity anterior to the heart note a mass of pinkish tissue, the thymus gland.

From the fresh flowering herb of thymus serpyllum, the lemon or wild thyme of our hills and pastures.

The caterpillar feeds on thyme (thymus Serpyllum), on which plant the eggs are laid singly, generally on the flower heads.

Concentric corpuscles, like those of the thymus, have been recorded in it.

He recognized the opening of the common biliary duct, and was the first to give a good description of the thymus gland.

The thymus and thyroid glands and the pancreas are included under the term sweetbreads.

thymus serpyllum, and Gray says it's not native, but adventitious from Europe.

The thymus of the calf is popularly known as “the chest sweetbread.”

Word Value for Thymus
Scrable

14

Words with friends

14

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