How to Use thymus in a Sentence

thymus

noun

• The thymus gland sits in the middle of the chest and is large in infants.
  — Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, 13 Nov. 2019
• Production of these cells, from a gland in the chest known as the thymus, drops sharply over the course of a person’s life.
  — Anna Wilde Mathews, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2020
• The lymph system includes the lymph nodes as well as bone marrow, the spleen, and the thymus gland, the Mayo Clinic says.
  — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 20 Oct. 2020
• In the older sedentary people, the output of new T cells from the thymus glands was low.
  — Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2018
• For example, the root chakra correlates with the testes or ovaries, the throat chakra with the thyroid gland and the heart chakra with the thymus.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2021
• The thymus is one place where such cleverness leaves its trace.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
• Eight years ago, her 15-year-old son was diagnosed with a rare cancer of the thymus, a small organ near the heart.
  — Michael Phillis and Jim Salter, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2023
• The thymus, a strawberry-size gland in the chest, produces a steady stream of T cell precursors in our youth.
  — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2013
• These are the thymus glands or pancreas of the animal — prized by many chefs for their mildness and, yes, sweetness.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2021
• The cause was complications from a rare cancer of the thymus, said his wife Christina Llewellyn.
  — Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2018
• The lymph system is part of the immune system, which is made up of lymph, lymph vessels, lymph nodes, the spleen, thymus, tonsils and bone marrow.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 June 2023
• Yes, sweetbreads are organ meats, but fear not: These thymus and pancreas glands are notably mild and smooth.
  — Alison Cook, Houston Chronicle, 1 Nov. 2017
• The thymus gland is a small organ that lies in the upper chest, under the breastbone, that makes white blood cells, which protect the body against infections.
  — Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2023
• Even more critical is his need for a thymus transplant.
  — Peter Rowe, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 May 2018
• The thymus gland and the bone marrow are two examples of immune-cell-producing organs.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
• Dria has been waiting over a year for a thymus transplant to regenerate her immune cells.
  — Julie Gallant, Ramona Sentinel, 12 June 2018
• Sometimes lymphomas start in the thymus gland, another part of your immune system that's located in the chest.
  — Barbara Brody, Health.com, 13 Sep. 2021
• Other parts of the immune system include the thymus, spleen, lymph nodes, lymphocytes, white blood cells, and antibodies.
  — Philly.com, 1 Mar. 2018
• But Easton’s thymus didn’t produce the very cells that would reject a transplanted organ.
  — NBC News, 8 Mar. 2022
• Thymic hyperplasia is a condition in which the thymus gland — a small gland in the lymphatic system — is inflamed, according to Penn Medicine.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 8 May 2023
• Treating the thymus could also drastically change the aging process.
  — Eli Dourado, Fortune, 30 Dec. 2020
• When Heilmann's youngest daughter was 10 days old, Heilmann, 42, was diagnosed with thymoma, a disease in which cancer cells form on the outside surface of the thymus gland.
  — Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2017
• Sweetbreads, a term given to either the thymus or pancreas of a calf or lamb, is the type of intimidating ingredient that some diners avoid.
  — Marcy De Luna, Chron, 7 Jan. 2021
• Meanwhile, his mother, Kim, was fighting a rare cancer affecting her thymus, an organ of the immune system.
  — David Woods, Indianapolis Star, 4 Oct. 2017
• GHRH is normally produced in the brain, but Hanley was essentially turning a pencil-eraser-size part of his thigh into a gland that made the molecule, which stimulates the heart, the kidneys, and the thymus.
  — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2017
• With enough time, our body’s defenses against viral infections (B cells) stay out of the way in our ‘memory banks’ – lying dormant in lymph nodes, thymus and bone marrow – until they’re needed to attack a virus.
  — Theresa Sullivan Barger, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2022
• Herbert wasn’t alone in his puzzlement over this mysterious and little-studied group of cells that keep turning up in unexpected places, from the thymus (a small gland in the chest where pathogen-fighting T cells mature) to the pancreas.
  — Quanta Magazine, 15 Nov. 2019
• For example, Yale University researchers found restricting calories increased the health of the thymus, an organ that produces immune system T cells — one of the body’s key warriors against invaders.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023
• He was intubated for 10 days and underwent a battery of tests before doctors eventually found a fist-sized tumor on his thymus gland that had triggered his immune system, according to his parents, Todd and Sue Lang.
  — S. Wayne Carter Jr., baltimoresun.com, 25 May 2021
• While scouring the scientific literature for a molecular signature of age present in blood, Kayser and his team realized that the organ that pumps out T cells, the thymus, is gradually replaced with fat tissue as people age.
  — Eliza Strickland, Discover Magazine, 23 Nov. 2010

Last Updated: 27 Dec 2024