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prethymic

prethymic adjective: before development of the thymus.

Adjective

prethymic (not comparable)

  1. Before development of the thymus.

Origin of prethymic

From pre- + thymic.

Words formed from prethymic

Questions about prethymic

What does prethymic mean?
Prethymic means before development of the thymus.
What part of speech is prethymic?
Prethymic is an adjective.

Words near prethymic in the dictionary

  1. prethrombin
  2. prethrombolysis
  3. prethrombolytic
  4. prethrombosis
  5. prethrombotic
  6. prethymic
  7. prethymically
  8. pretibial
  9. pretibial fever
  10. pretibially
  11. preticket

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