Thymic
adjective
1.
pertaining to or derived from thyme.
adjective
1.
of or relating to the thymus.
adjective
1.
of or relating to the thymus
thymic thy·mic (thī’mĭk)
adj.
Of or relating to the thymus.
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- Thymic abscesses
thymic abscesses pl.n. See Dubois abscesses.
- Thymic alymphoplasia
thymic alymphoplasia n. Thymic hypoplasia that includes an absence of Hassall’s concentric corpuscles and a deficiency of lymphocytes in the thymus and usually in the lymph nodes, spleen, and gastrointestinal tract.
- Thymic corpuscle
thymic corpuscle n. Any of numerous small spherical bodies found in the medulla of the lobules of the thymus, composed of keratinized, usually squamous, epithelial cells arranged around clusters of degenerating lymphocytes, eosinophils, and macrophages. Also called Hassall’s concentric corpuscle.
- Thymic vein
thymic vein n. Any of the small veins from the thymus that empty into the left brachiocephalic vein.
- Thymidine
noun, Biochemistry. 1. a nucleoside, C 10 H 14 N 2 O 5 , containing thymine and deoxyribose, that is a constituent of DNA. noun 1. the crystalline nucleoside of thymine, found in DNA. Formula: C10H14N2O5 thymidine thy·mi·dine (thī’mĭ-dēn’) n. A nucleoside composed of thymine and deoxyribose. thymidine (thī’mĭ-dēn’) A nucleoside composed of thymine and […]