thymus

(thi’mus) [L.; Gr. θύμος)]. τ. A two-lobed body in the neck and thorax of an infant or of a young animal. It is composed of a connective ti ue lobe inclosed in a sort of capsule, and containing endothelial cells inclosing leukocytes and corpuscles of Ha all. The thymus appears to be a true lymph-gland, and to have a hematopoietic function; it begins to waste away about the second year, and disappears about the end of the thirteenth year. 2. See thyme. 3. A homeopathic A proprietary surgical A cutaneous preparation of wild thyme. 4. An acrothymion: a rugose wart with a round top. acce ory t., a separated portion of the thymus gland. t. extract, a preparation of the thymus of animals: used therapeutically. internal t., a body in either lobe of the thyroid of the cat. thymus-death. See thymustod.