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thymus

[thahy-muhs] / ˈθaɪ məs /
NOUN
variety meat
Synonyms
WEAK
brains chitlins chitterlings giblets gizzard heart kidneys liver marrow mountain oyster pancreas prairie oyster stomach sweetbread tongue tripe

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By about age 75, the thymus is essentially nonfunctional.

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025

Other researchers are investigating whether transplanted stem cells could help regrow functional thymus tissue.

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025

Sakaguchi then isolated mature T-cells from genetically identical mice and injected them into the mice without a thymus, and that appeared to protect them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

A similar study looked at the thymus – a small organ involved in training the immune system.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2024

After respiration they expand and occupy the whole thorax, and closely surround the heart and thymus gland.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )