NOUN | plant | Thymus, genus Thymus | large genus of Old World mints |
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body | thymus, thymus gland | a ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity |
Meaning | large genus of Old World mints: thyme. | |
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Synonym | genus Thymus | |
Member of | Labiatae, family Labiatae, Lamiaceae, family Lamiaceae, mint family | A large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint |
Members | thyme | Any of various mints of the genus Thymus |
Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
Spanish | genus thymus, thymus | |
Catalan | genus thymus, thymus |
Meaning | A ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity; atrophies with age. | |
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Synonym | thymus gland | |
Part of | immune system | A system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign / foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response |
neck, cervix | The part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body | |
Broader | endocrine gland, endocrine, ductless gland | Any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream |
Spanish | glándula timo, timo | |
Catalan | tim |
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