[1865–70; thyme + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: black belt, maverick, steamroller, tick-tack-toe, valence-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
thymic in American English2
(ˈθaimɪk)
adjective
of or pertaining to the thymus
Word origin
[1650–60; thym(us) + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1650–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: agency, gas, pony, siphon, syllabus-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
Examples of 'thymic' in a sentence
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Thymic lymphomas have been thought to develop from developing thymocytes.
Yulan Qing, Stanton L Gerson 2017, 'Mismatch repair deficient hematopoietic stem cells are preleukemic stem cells.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5540588?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Various thymic masses and their normal variations have different pathological and management consequences.
Mahesh Kumar Mittal, Binit Sureka, Mukul Sinha, Aliza Mittal, Brij Bhushan Thukral 2013, 'Thymic masses: A radiological review', South African Journal of Radiologyhttps://sajr.org.za/index.php/sajr/article/view/278. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The pathogenesis of thymic epithelial tumors remains poorly elucidated.
Jean-Michel Maury, Claire Merveilleux du Vignaux, Gabrielle Drevet, Virginie Zarza,Lara Chalabreysse, Carine Maisse, Barbara Gineys, Christine Dolmazon, François Tronc,Nicolas Girard, Caroline Leroux 2019, 'Activation of the mTOR/ Akt pathway in thymic epithelial cells derived from thymomas',PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0197655. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We subjected the evolutionary trajectory of the thymic microenvironment to experimental analysis.
Jeremy B. Swann, Annelies Weyn, Daisuke Nagakubo, Conrad C. Bleul, Atsushi Toyoda,Christiane Happe, Nikolai Netuschil, Isabell Hess, Annette Haas-Assenbaum, YoshihitoTaniguchi, Michael Schorpp, Thomas Boehm 2014, 'Conversion of the Thymus into a Bipotent Lymphoid Organ by Replacement of Foxn1 withIts Paralog, Foxn4', Cell Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124714005841. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The postoperative histopathological finding was thymic lymphoid hyperplasia.
Tuan Phung, Thach Nguyen, Dung Tran, Nga Phan, Hung Nguyen 2018, 'A Thymic Hyperplasia Case without Suppressing on Chemical Shift Magnetic ResonanceImaging', Case Reports in Radiologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7305619. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Immature thymocyte progenitors are located in the thymic cortex.
Zicheng eHu, Jessica Naomi Lancaster, Lauren I R Ehrlich 2015, 'The contribution of chemokines and migration to the induction of central tolerancein the thymus', Frontiers in Immunologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2015.00398/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The resected thymic tissues were seen as soft, capsulated adipose tissue.
Pradeep Vaideeswar 2011, 'Microscopic thymoma: A report of four cases with review of literature', Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiologyhttp://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2011;volume=54;issue=3;spage=539;epage=541;aulast=Vaideeswar. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The surgical exploration of the anterosuperior mediastinum found no evidence of a thymic tumour.
Roberto Monaco, Antonietta D'Alterio, Raffaella Lucci, Oscar Nappi 2016, 'Primary pleural thymoma: A mimic in thoracic pathology', Advances in Modern Oncology Researchhttp://www.advmodoncolres.com/index.php/AMOR/article/view/162. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Any maturation impairment occurring in either cellular component leads to an aberrant thymic development.
Stefano Iacovelli, Ilaria Iosue, Silvia Di Cesare, Maria Guttinger 2009, 'Lymphoid EVA1 expression is required for DN1-DN3 thymocytes transition.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2761490?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)