Prethymically
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 Before development of the thymus. not-comparable
"In a murine model of transplantation, it has been shown that SCF administration improves post-transplant thymopoiesis largely by promoting intrathymic T cell development, rather than by enhancing entry of prethymically expanded lymphoid progenitors."
Example
More examples"In a murine model of transplantation, it has been shown that SCF administration improves post-transplant thymopoiesis largely by promoting intrathymic T cell development, rather than by enhancing entry of prethymically expanded lymphoid progenitors."
Etymology
From prethymic + -ally.
More for "prethymically"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.