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noun large genus of Old World mints: thyme
noun a ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity; atrophies with age
originFrom New Latin thymus, from Ancient Greek θύμος (thúmos, “warty excrescence, (also, as used by Galen) thymus gland”).
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