thymus
/thahy-muhs/US // ˈθaɪ məs //UK // (ˈθaɪməs) //
胸腺,胸腔,乳腺
Related Words
heart心,心脏,心灵,心儿marrow骨骨髓,骨髓,精髓,骨骨髓髓stomach胃,肚子,胃部,腹部tongue舌头,舌苔,舌尖,语言tripe肚皮,肚腹,肚腩,肚脐眼brains大脑,头脑,脑子,脑子里的想法chitlins奇特林斯,奇特林,奇特的人,奇特拉chitterlings椋鸟,椋鸟鸟,椋鸟们,椋鸟群giblets内脏,內臟,内脏的,外脏gizzard胗部,胗,胗子,腮腺kidneys肾脏,肾liver肝脏,肝,肝部,肝癌mountain oyster山蛎子,山牡蛎,牡蛎,山牡丹pancreas胰腺,胰脏,胰岛,胰腺癌prairie oyster草原牡蛎,草原蚝,草原牡丹,牡蛎sweetbread甜面包,甜饼,甜食,甜面条testis睾丸,睾丸癌,睾丸的
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural thy·mus·es, thy·mi [thahy-mahy]. /ˈθaɪ maɪ/. Anatomy.
- : a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as invariety meat
Synonyms
brains大脑,头脑,脑子,脑子里的想法chitlins奇特林斯,奇特林,奇特的人,奇特拉chitterlings椋鸟,椋鸟鸟,椋鸟们,椋鸟群giblets内脏,內臟,内脏的,外脏gizzard胗部,胗,胗子,腮腺heart心,心脏,心灵,心儿kidneys肾脏,肾liver肝脏,肝,肝部,肝癌marrow骨骨髓,骨髓,精髓,骨骨髓髓mountain oyster山蛎子,山牡蛎,牡蛎,山牡丹pancreas胰腺,胰脏,胰岛,胰腺癌prairie oyster草原牡蛎,草原蚝,草原牡丹,牡蛎stomach胃,肚子,胃部,腹部sweetbread甜面包,甜饼,甜食,甜面条testis睾丸,睾丸癌,睾丸的tongue舌头,舌苔,舌尖,语言tripe肚皮,肚腹,肚腩,肚脐眼
Examples
The thymus gland attains a considerable development in the embryo and shrinks away to the merest vestige in the adult.
Owen says that the thymus appears in vertebrates with the establishment of the lung as the main or exclusive respiratory organ.
The enlargement or persistence of the thymus can be better recognised, and doctors now seldom fail to notice it.
It is nearly always accompanied by a distinct hypertrophy of the thymus gland.
The thymus gland, which lies near the heart and is often called the heart sweetbread, is the best one.
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