Definition of Thymocytes

1. Noun. (plural of thymocyte) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thymocytes

1. thymocyte [n] - See also: thymocyte

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thymocytes

thymidylic acid
thymier
thymiest
thymin
thymine
thymine deoxyribonucleoside
thymine deoxyribonucleotide
thymine dimer
thymine nucleotide
thymine nucleotides
thymines
thyminuria
thymitis
thymo-
thymocyte
thymocytes (current term)
thymogenic
thymokinetic
thymol
thymol blue
thymol iodide
thymol turbidity test
thymolphthalein
thymols
thymolsulfonephthalein
thymolsulphonephthalein
thymoma
thymonuclease
thymopentin
thymopoiesis

Literary usage of Thymocytes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Problems of Drug Dependence: Proceedings of the 58th Annual Scientific Meeting by Louie S. Harrie (1999)
"Two distinct subpopulations of CD3+ thymocytes, consisting of immature and mature cells, ... Therefore, these findings demonstrate that the thymocytes were ..."

2. Drug Abuse and Drug Abuse Research (1991): The Third Triennial Report to edited by MaryLouise Embrey, Christine R. Hartel (1999)
"Hemmick and Bidlack (1987) postulate that this beta-endorphin effect may be limited to immature thymocytes and have no relevance for circulating T-cells ..."

3. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope (1998)
"Only a minor reduction in responsiveness to stimulation by anti-TcR antibodies was detected in thymocytes of these animals (Stein et al., 1992; ..."

4. Alcohol and Health: Seventh Special Report to the Us Congress by Louis Sullivan (1997)
"In one study, near-term mouse fetuses exposed to alcohol in utero were found to have reduced numbers of thymocytes and a diminished response to substances ..."

5. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Recently, lipocortin 1 was shown to protect cultured rat thymocytes from H2O2-elicited necrosis. Glucocorticoid treatment, which induced lipocortin 1, ..."

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