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Thetis

American  
[thee-tis] / ˈθi tɪs /

noun

Classical Mythology.
  1. a Nereid, the wife of Peleus and the mother of Achilles.


Thetis British  
/ ˈθiːtɪs /

noun

  1. one of the Nereids and mother of Achilles by Peleus

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Thetis Pharmaceuticals is planning trials of a synthetic resolvin for cases of inflammatory bowel disease and cancer.

From Science Magazine May 4, 2022

Crews from the Coast Guard cutters Thetis and William Trump remained in the area to search for the missing people, the agency said.

From Seattle Times Jul. 7, 2021

The nine men and four women were taken aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Thetis on Tuesday afternoon, some 26 miles southeast of Key West, the agency said.

From Washington Post Jul. 7, 2021

Through language that, like the sea nymph Thetis, shape-shifts between poetry, lyricism, email transcripts, theater and prose, “Wake, Siren” reveals the violence, the pain and the triumph in age-old tales made poignantly new.

From Salon Nov. 4, 2019

One of the goddesses, some say Demeter, some Thetis, inadvertently had eaten of the loathsome dish and when the boy’s limbs were reassembled one shoulder was wanting.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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