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Meaning of "thymic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THYMIC

thymic  [ˈθaɪmɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THYMIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thymic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES THYMIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Thymus

The thymus is a specialized organ of the immune system. Within the thymus, T-cells, critical to the adaptive immune system, mature. Each T cell attacks a foreign substance which it identifies with its receptor. T cells have receptors which are generated by randomly shuffling gene segments. Each T cell attacks a different antigen. T cells that attack the body's own proteins are eliminated in the thymus. Thymic epithelial cells express major proteins from elsewhere in the body. First, T cells undergo "Positive Selection" whereby the cell comes in contact with self-MHC expressed by thymic epithelial cells; those with no interaction are destroyed. Second, the T cell undergoes "Negative Selection" by interacting with thymic dendritic cell whereby T cells with high affinity interaction are eliminated through apoptosis, and those with intermediate affinity survive. The thymus is composed of two identical lobes and is located anatomically in the anterior superior mediastinum, in front of the heart and behind the sternum. Histologically, each lobe of the thymus can be divided into a central medulla and a peripheral cortex which is surrounded by an outer capsule.

Definition of thymic in the English dictionary

The definition of thymic in the dictionary is of or relating to the thymus.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THYMIC


bulimic
buːˈlɪmɪk
cyclothymic
ˌsaɪkləʊˈθaɪmɪk
dysthymic
dɪsˈθaɪmɪk
enzymic
ɛnˈzaɪmɪk
fehmic
ˈfeɪmɪk
gimmick
ˈɡɪmɪk
isocheimic
ˌaɪsəʊˈkaɪmɪk
isoenzymic
ˌaɪsəʊenˈzaɪmɪk
isozymic
ˌaɪsəʊˈzaɪmɪk
metonymic
ˌmetəˈnɪmɪk
metronymic
ˌmɛtrəˈnɪmɪk
mimic
ˈmɪmɪk
mimicker
ˈmɪmɪk
pantomimic
ˌpæntəˈmɪmɪk
paronymic
ˌpærəˈnɪmɪk
patronymic
ˌpætrəˈnɪmɪk
schizothymic
ˌskɪtsəʊˈθaɪmɪk
synonymic
ˌsɪnəˈnɪmɪk
toponymic
ˌtɒpəˈnɪmɪk
zymic
ˈzaɪmɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THYMIC

thylacine
thylakoid
thyme
thymectomies
thymectomise
thymectomize
thymectomy
thymelaeaceous
thymey
thymi
thymidine
thymidine monophosphate
thymidylic
thymidylic acid
thymine
thymocyte
thymol
thymosin
thymus
thymy

WORDS THAT END LIKE THYMIC

academic
antonymic
atomic
autonomic
ceramic
comic
cosmic
dynamic
economic
eponymic
etymic
Hieronymic
homonymic
Islamic
matronymic
mic
panoramic
polyonymic
systemic
tautonymic

Synonyms and antonyms of thymic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «thymic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THYMIC

Find out the translation of thymic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of thymic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «thymic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

胸腺
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

timo
570 millions of speakers

English

thymic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Thymic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التوتة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тимуса
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

timo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

thymic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

thymique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Thymic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Thymus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

胸腺の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

흉선
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Thymic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tuyến ức
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

thymic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थायमिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

timik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

timica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

grasicy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тимуса
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

timusului
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θύμου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

timus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tymus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

thymisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thymic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THYMIC»

The term «thymic» is regularly used and occupies the 90.189 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THYMIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about thymic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THYMIC»

Discover the use of thymic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thymic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Thymic Cancer: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional: ...
Thymic Cancer: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyPaper™ that delivers timely, authoritative, and intensively focused information about Thymic Cancer in a compact format.
‎2012
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Textbook of Small Animal Surgery
Thymic branchial cyst formation has been reported in a cat.19 These cysts arise from remnants of branchial pouch epithelium and are usually encountered in old animals; however, they have been identified in young animals on occasion.55 ...
Douglas H. Slatter, 2003
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Radiation Induced Damage to Thymocytes and Thymic Stromal ...
MANIFESTATIONS AND AFTER-EFFECTS A.A.YARILIN Institute of Immunology, Ministry of Public Health, Moscow ABSTRACT Thymocytes are more radiosensitive than thymic stromal cells. However if the population of thymocytes is rapidly ...
A. A. Yarilyn, 1997
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Thymic Contribution to the Generation and Maintenance of the ...
A common stem cell for murine cortical and medullary thymic epithelial cells? Dev Immunol JID- 9200624 4:149. 85. Klug, D.B., C. Carter, E. Crouch, D. Roop, C.J. Conti, and E.R. Richie. 1998. Interdependence of cortical thymic epithelial cell ...
Kim Graulich Hankey, 2007
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Thymic Peptides as Immunoregulators with Special Reference ...
Under thymic influences, bone marrow precursor cells transform into T lymphocytes which then migrate to peripheral lymphoid tissues to play critical roles in immunologic surveillance. These T cells are involved in delayed- hypersensitivity and ...
V. Y. Arion, 1989
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PET and PET/CT: A Clinical Guide
In adults, thymic uptake (Figs. 6.19 and 6.20) can be seen with thymic hyperplasia or if a substantial amount of normal thymic tissue remains after adolescence. The thymus can be distinguished from anterior mediastinal adenopathy by its ...
Eugene C. Lin, Abass Alavi, 2011
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Peptide Requirements and Immunological Synapse Formation in ...
Figure 3.11. Paucity of stable thymocyte-thymic APC contacts in positively selecting RTOC. Parts (a-d) show representative images from RTOC comprised of purified 5c.c7 DP thymocytes expressing CD3£,-GFP (in green), with unlabeled B10.
Peter J. R. Ebert, 2009
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Oncology: An Evidence-Based Approach
Thymic carcinoma is a highly aggressive neoplasm of thymic epithelial origin, with less than 50% of patients surviving 5 years after diagnosis.90'92 These tumors account for only a small portion of thymic neoplasms, estimated as 20% of  ...
Alfred E. Chang, Patricia A. Ganz, Daniel F. Hayes, 2007
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Immunology: A Short Course
Double-positive thymocytes undergo the critical process known as thymic selection that is shown in Figure 9.7. As its name implies, thymic selection ensures that double- positive thymocytes with only specific characteristics are selected to ...
Richard Coico, Geoffrey Sunshine, 2009
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Pediatric Chest Imaging: Chest Imaging in Infants and Children
CONTENTS 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 Introduction 215 Thymic Imaging: Historical Perspective 216 Thymic Development 218 Thymic Structure and Function 218 Imaging Appearance of the Normal Thymus Gland 222 10.7 228 Thymic ...
Javier Lucaya, A.L. Baert, Janet L. Strife, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THYMIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thymic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Reinforcing the 'gauntlet' of thymic negative selection via exosomal …
A unique property of thymic epithelial cells (TECs) is their broad expression of over 19 000 genes regulated, in part, by the autoimmune regulator (AIRE). Defects ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
2
A GMCSF and IL7 fusion cytokine leads to functional thymic
The competence of cellular immunity depends on a diverse T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire arising from thymic output. Normal thymopoiesis arises from ... «Nature.com, May 15»
3
Wendy Chioji hosts special, shares good news
Chioji, a breast-cancer survivor, has been battling thymic carcinoma, a cancer of the thymus gland. Last fall, she was accepted in a clinical trials program at the ... «Orlando Sentinel, Apr 15»
4
Conserved and divergent aspects of human T-cell development and …
While a murine thymic environment is capable of supporting conventional human T-cell development, it is not clear to what extent it can mimic the development ... «Nature.com, Mar 15»
5
Prolonged access to thymic epithelial MHCI seals CD8 + lineage …
The stage of thymocyte maturation when commitment to the CD8+ lineage is consolidated by recognition of major histocompatibility complex class I (MHCI) on ... «Nature.com, Mar 15»
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Thymic HIV-2 Infection Uncovers Posttranscriptional Control of Viral …
Here we investigated HIV-2 infection of the human thymus, the primary organ for T-cell production. Human thymic tissue and suspensions of total or purified CD4 ... «Journal of Virology, Jan 15»
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Existing drug extends survival for patients with rare thymic carcinoma
Sunitinib, an agent approved for use in several cancers, provides unprecedented antitumor activity in thymic carcinoma, a rare but aggressive tumor of the ... «Oncology Nurse Advisor, Jan 15»
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Sunitinib Active in Advanced Thymic Carcinoma
Sunitinib (Sutent, Pfizer) has shown activity in the second-line treatment of thymic cancer, a disease where numerous other agents have been tested and failed. «Medscape, Jan 15»
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Amrubicin, carboplatin duo efficacious in thymic carcinoma, not …
Combination therapy with amrubicin and carboplatin is moderately effective in patients with advanced thymic carcinoma, a Japanese study finds, but invasive ... «News-Medical.net, Jan 15»
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New Hope for Patients with Rare Cancer
Thymic carcinomas and thymomas are both types of thymic cancer, a rare type of cancer. Thymic carcinomas are more aggressive, with a five-year survival rate ... «dailyRx, Jan 15»

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