Definition of thymocyte in English:
thymocyte
noun ˈθʌɪmə(ʊ)sʌɪtˈTHīməˌsīt
Physiology A lymphocyte within the thymus gland.
Example sentencesExamples
- The systemic immune effects include increased apoptosis of thymocytes, decreased macrophage phagocytosis, thymic atrophy and diminished allograft rejection.
- All the three proteoglycans stimulated mice thymocyte and splenocyte proliferation and elevated cell cytotoxicity.
- In this system, viruses replicate faster, achieve higher titres, and deplete thymocytes better than their unmutated counterparts.
- The effect of thymic peptide on the functions of tissue macrophages, tumor-associated macrophages, and tumor-induced apoptosis of thymocytes was studied.
- Double positive thymocytes and natural killer cell systems have recently been reported that also only exhibit segregation.
Origin
1920s: from thymus + -cyte.