Perithymic

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Surrounding the thymus not-comparable

    "In this context, we have previously shown the presence of LLMC in the perithymic adipose tissue and capsular region, as well as inside the thymic parenchyma, expressing the CCR5 chemokine receptor [18 ]."

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"In this context, we have previously shown the presence of LLMC in the perithymic adipose tissue and capsular region, as well as inside the thymic parenchyma, expressing the CCR5 chemokine receptor [18 ]."

Etymology

From peri- + thymic.

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