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THYMOSIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thymosin mean?
• THYMOSIN (noun)
The noun THYMOSIN has 1 sense:
1. hormone secreted by the thymus; stimulates immunological activity of lymphoid tissue
Familiarity information: THYMOSIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hormone secreted by the thymus; stimulates immunological activity of lymphoid tissue
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("thymosin" is a kind of...):
endocrine; hormone; internal secretion (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)
Context examples
Human Thymosin-Fraction 5 (TF-5) possesses immunopotentiating properties and can correct many of the immunological deficiencies resulting from the lack of thymosin function in animal models and in humans.
(Human Thymosin-Fraction 5, NCI Thesaurus)
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