thymus gland

collocation in English

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thymus
noun[C]
uk
/ˈθaɪ.məs/us
/ˈθaɪ.məs/
a small gland behind the breastbone that helps build the ...
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gland
noun[C]
uk
/ɡlænd/us
/ɡlænd/
an organ of the body or of a plant that secretes (= produces) liquid chemicals that have ...
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(Definition ofthymusandglandfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There was no normalthymusglandvisible on gross inspection.
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By 1964 it had been demonstrated that regulatory factors extracted from thethymusglandcould prevent many of the manifestations of wasting disease.
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The transcervical approach, a less invasive procedure, allows for removal of the entirethymusglandthrough a small neck incision.
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Thethymusglandin normal patients will gradually decrease in size because the need for thethymusglanddiminishes.
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At that time, radiation was used to treat a variety of noncancerous medical problems, including enlargement of the tonsils, adenoids, andthymusgland.
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Rules the following parts of the body: face, chin, cheeks, larynx, palate, throat, vocal chord, arms, shoulders,thymusgland, upper ribs.
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The treatment of malignant tumors of thethymusglandby radium.
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Probably the population of thymocytes obtained from the thymus glands of newborn mice is not fully uniform.
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Thymus glands were taken without the consent of parents and handed to a particular pharmaceutical company, to produce drugs that help to avoid the rejection of transplanted organs.
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