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Showing words for THYMUS using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Thymus

mythus, thymus

5 Letter Words for Thymus

mushy, musth, musty, myths, shtum, smyth, thyms, tushy

4 Letter Words for Thymus

hums, hust, huts, mush, must, muth, muts, myst, myth, shut, smut, stum, thus, tums, tush, tyum

3 Letter Words for Thymus

hts, hum, hut, msh, mst, mts, mus, mut, mys, sht, shy, stm, sty, sum, sym, thm, thy, tmh, tsh, tum, tuy, uhs, ums, ush, ust, uts, yuh, yum, yus

Definitions for Thymus

[1] 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.
[2] a glandular organ of vertebrates, consisting in man of two lobes situated below the thyroid. In early life it produces lymphocytes and is thought to influence certain immunological responses. It atrophies with age and is almost nonexistent in the adult

Words related to Thymus

heart, marrow, stomach, tongue, tripe, brains, chitlins, chitterlings, giblets, gizzard, kidneys, liver, pancreas, sweetbread, testis

Words nearby Thymus

thymokinetic, thymol, thymoma, thymoprival, thymosin, thymus, thymus corpuscle, thymus gland, thymy, thyone, thyratron

Origin of Thymus

1685–95; < New Latin < Greek thýmos warty excrescence, thymus

Word origin for Thymus

C17: from New Latin, from Greek thumos sweetbread

Synonyms for Thymus

brains, chitlins, chitterlings, giblets, gizzard, heart, kidneys, liver, marrow, mountain oyster, pancreas, prairie oyster, stomach, sweetbread, testis, tongue, tripe