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thymoma Path.|ˈθaɪməʊmə|
[ad. G. thymome (F. Grandhomme Ueber Tumoren des Vorderen Mediastinums (1900) 43): see thymus, -oma.]
A rare, usually benign tumour arising from tissue of the thymus gland and often associated with myasthenia gravis.
1919J. Ewing Neoplastic Dis. xlvi. 894 Lymphosarcoma or thymoma is the most frequent form of thymus tumor. 1961R. D. Baker Essent. Path. xviii. 510 Thymomas may at times be lymphomas, and be associated with myasthenia gravis. 1974J. D. Maynard in R. M. Kirk et al. Surgery x. 219 Thymoma is a soft lobulated tumour situated in the thymus or close to it. |