a glandular organ of vertebrates, consisting in humans of two lobes situated below the thyroid. In early life it produces lymphocytes and is thought to influence certain immunological responses. It atrophies with age and is almost nonexistent in the adult
Word origin
C17: from New Latin, from Greek thumos sweetbread
Examples of 'thymi' in a sentence
thymi
The thymi in such animals were reduced in mass with a ~70% reduction in cellularity.
Wendi A. Bacon, Wendi A. Bacon, Wendi A. Bacon, Russell S. Hamilton, Russell S. Hamilton,Ziyi Yu, Jens Kieckbusch, Jens Kieckbusch, Delia Hawkes, Ada M. Krzak, Chris Abell,Francesco Colucci, Francesco Colucci, D. Stephen Charnock-Jones, D. Stephen Charnock-Jones 2018, 'Single-Cell Analysis Identifies Thymic Maturation Delay in Growth-Restricted NeonatalMice', Frontiers in Immunologyhttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2018.02523/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)