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perithymic

perithymic adjective: surrounding the thymus.

Adjective

perithymic (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding the thymus
    • In this context, we have previously shown the presence of LLMC in the perithymic adipose tissue and capsular region, as well as inside the thymic parenchyma, expressing the CCR5 chemokine receptor [18 ].2015 October 29, “Lipid-Laden Multilocular Cells in the Aging Thymus Are Phenotypically Heterogeneous”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of perithymic

From peri- + thymic.

Questions about perithymic

What does perithymic mean?
Perithymic means surrounding the thymus.
What part of speech is perithymic?
Perithymic is an adjective.

Words near perithymic in the dictionary

  1. peritherapeutic
  2. peritherapeutically
  3. perithoracic
  4. perithreshold
  5. perithresholds
  6. perithymic
  7. perithyroidal
  8. periti
  9. peritidal
  10. peritidally
  11. peritomies

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