The thymus gland is in the chest between the lungs.
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Thymus
//ˈθaɪ.məs//
Synonyms for "thymus" (3 found)
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43 translations across 32 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- غُدَّة زَعْتَرِيَّة noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
- غُدَّة صَعْتَرِيَّة noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Armenian
1 entries- ուրցագեղձ noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- timus noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
- çəngələbənzər vəzi noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Catalan
2 entries- tim noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
- timus noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- تایمۆس noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 胸腺 noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Czech
1 entries- brzlík noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Dutch
2 entries- thymus noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
- zwezerik noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Finnish
1 entries- kateenkorva noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
French
1 entries- thymus noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
German
2 entries- Bries noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
- Thymus noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Greek
1 entries- θύμος noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Hungarian
1 entries- csecsemőmirigy noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Ingrian
1 entries- syänkorva noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Irish
2 entries- faireog thímis noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
- tímeas noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Italian
1 entries- timo noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Japanese
1 entries- 胸腺 noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Kazakh
1 entries- айырша без noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Korean
1 entries- 흉선 noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Malayalam
1 entries- തൈമസ് noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- rijênê tîmus noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
- tîmus noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- brissel noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Persian
2 entries- آویشنک noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
- تیموس noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Polish
1 entries- grasica noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Portuguese
1 entries- timo noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Russian
2 entries- ви́лочковая железа́ noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
- ти́мус noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Spanish
1 entries- timo noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Swedish
3 entries- bräss noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
- thymus noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
- tymus noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Turkish
1 entries- timus noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Uyghur
1 entries- تۆش بېزى noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tuyến ức noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Walloon
1 entries- timusse noun (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)
Sample sentences
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For a very long time the role of the thymus in the body was a complete mystery.
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