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antithymocyte

antithymocyte adjective: that counters the production of thymocytes.

Adjective

antithymocyte (not comparable)

  1. That counters the production of thymocytes
    • Conditioning therapy with fludarabine, busulfan, and antithymocyte globulin were initiated for 6 days and intravenous tacrolimus (Prograf, Astellas Pharma, Tokyo, Japan) was started 1 day before allogeneic bone marrow transplantation at a dose of 0.03 mg/kg over 24-hour continuous infusion.2015 July 29, Sung-Yoon Kang et al., “Intravenous tacrolimus and cyclosporine induced anaphylaxis: what is next?”, in Asia Pacific Allergy, volume 5, →DOI

Origin of antithymocyte

From anti- + thymocyte.

Questions about antithymocyte

What does antithymocyte mean?
Antithymocyte means that counters the production of thymocytes.
What part of speech is antithymocyte?
Antithymocyte is an adjective.

Words near antithymocyte in the dictionary

  1. antithrombotic
  2. antithromboticity
  3. antithrombotics
  4. antithromboxane
  5. antithrust
  6. antithymocyte
  7. antithyroglobulin
  8. antithyroglobulins
  9. antithyroid
  10. antithyroidal
  11. antithyrotoxic

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