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thymocyte
noun[ C ]
anatomy specializeduk /ˈθaɪ.mə.saɪt/ us /ˈθaɪ.mə.saɪt/
a cell that develops in the thymus(= a gland in the chest that helps build the immune system) that develops into a T cell(= a white blood cell that helps protect the body against diseases):
Changes in thymocyte cell number and differentiation after culture were highly variable.
This is associated with a wide variety of abnormalities during the early stages of infection, including thymocyte depletion.
Foetal thymocyte maturation is fundamentally different from thymocyte development in the adult thymus.
Human thymocytes were purified from fresh residual thymic tissue.
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