How to Use thymus in a Sentence
thymus
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The thymus gland sits in the middle of the chest and is large in infants.
—Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, 13 Nov. 2019
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The thymus is one place where such cleverness leaves its trace.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
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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
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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
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The cause was complications from a rare cancer of the thymus, said his wife Christina Llewellyn.
—Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2018
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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
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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
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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
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Even more critical is his need for a thymus transplant.
—Peter Rowe, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 May 2018
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The thymus gland and the bone marrow are two examples of immune-cell-producing organs.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
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Dria has been waiting over a year for a thymus transplant to regenerate her immune cells.
—Julie Gallant, Ramona Sentinel, 12 June 2018
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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
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Other parts of the immune system include the thymus, spleen, lymph nodes, lymphocytes, white blood cells, and antibodies.
—Philly.com, 1 Mar. 2018
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But Easton’s thymus didn’t produce the very cells that would reject a transplanted organ.
—NBC News, 8 Mar. 2022
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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
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Treating the thymus could also drastically change the aging process.
—Eli Dourado, Fortune, 30 Dec. 2020
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Your immune system consists of several parts: your spleen, lymphatic system, bone marrow, white blood cells, thymus, antibodies and the complement system.
—Michael Rodgers, chicagotribune.com, 20 Mar. 2021
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