thymocyten.
/ˈθʌɪməʊsʌɪt/ Histology.
A lymphocyte-like cell derived from the thymus gland; a T-lymphocyte.
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1929 E. A. Schäfer Essent. Histol. (ed. 12) xxii. 265 Besides lymphocyte-like cells (thymocytes) it [sc. the thymus] contains peculiar granular cells.
1976 Nature 13 May 139/1 Differentiation of T cells is generally depicted as involving transformation of prethymic cells to immunoincompetent thymocytes, which themselves are precursors of functionally mature, immunocompetent T cells.
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