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prethymically

prethymically adverb: before development of the thymus.

Adverb

prethymically (not comparable)

  1. Before development of the thymus.
    • In a murine model of transplantation, it has been shown that SCF administration improves post-transplant thymopoiesis largely by promoting intrathymic T cell development, rather than by enhancing entry of prethymically expanded lymphoid progenitors.2015 July 16, “IL-7 and SCF Levels Inversely Correlate with T Cell Reconstitution and Clinical Outcomes after Cord Blood Transplantation in Adults”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of prethymically

From prethymic + -ally.

Questions about prethymically

What does prethymically mean?
Prethymically means before development of the thymus.
What part of speech is prethymically?
Prethymically is an adverb.

Words near prethymically in the dictionary

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

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