Paracortex

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The portion of a lymph node immediately surrounding the medulla.

    "Unlike the cortex, which has mostly immature T cells, or thymocytes, the paracortex has a mixture of immature and mature T cells."

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"Unlike the cortex, which has mostly immature T cells, or thymocytes, the paracortex has a mixture of immature and mature T cells."

Etymology

From para- + cortex.

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lymph node

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