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thymus

noun
🔊/ˈθaɪməs/
🔊/ˈθaɪməs/
(also thymus gland)
(anatomy解剖学)
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  1. an organ in the neck that produces lymphocytes胸腺 (= cells to fight infection)
    Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting a growth or tumour resembling a bud): from Greek thumos ‘excrescence like a thyme bud, thymus gland’.