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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 tissueplay

  Familiarity information: THYMOSIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THYMOSIN (noun)


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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