thymic
1 Americanadjective
adjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of thymic1
First recorded in 1865–70; thyme + -ic
Origin of thymic2
Example Sentences
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From those measurements, they created a "thymic health" score.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
"Improving our understanding and monitoring of thymic health could eventually help physicians better assess disease risk and guide treatment decisions," said Aerts.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
The research also suggests that thymic health may influence how well cancer patients respond to immunotherapy.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
It is also known that thymic involution can be altered by hormone levels.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The term thymic asthma has been applied to another form of disturbed respiration due to a large thymus, which comes on suddenly in infants otherwise apparently healthy.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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