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THYMUS


check date: 29/08/2001
checker: Pamela
subject field: medicine: body-part
origination date: 11/01/2001
originator: Carlos

Conceptual Structures
ISAPART-OF-ENDOCRINE-SYSTEM
ANCESTORSALL
ANIMAL-PART
ANIMATE
ANIMATE-PART
BODY-PART
INTERNAL-ANIMAL-PART
OBJECT
PART-OF-ENDOCRINE-SYSTEM
PART-OF-PHYSIOLOGICAL-SYSTEM
PHYSICAL-OBJECT
SEPARABLE-ENTITY


Spanish
timoterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
gender: masculine
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: glándula situada entre la base del cuello y la parte superior del pecho. Los linfocitos T migran desde la médula ósea al timo, donde maduran. (en)

English
thymusterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: gland located below the neck that produces the hormone thymosin and controls the production and function of T cells. T cells produced in the bone marrow migrate to the thymus and mature there. (en)
check date: 11/08/2001
checker: Pamela