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{{also|Thymus}}
==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰewh₂-}}
From {{der|en|NL.|thymus}}, from {{der|en|grc|θύμος||warty excrescence, (also, as used by {{w|Galen}}) thymus gland}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|thīʹməs|a=RP}}, {{IPA|en|/ˈθaɪ.məs/}}
* {{rhymes|en|aɪməs|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|+|thymi}}

# {{lb|en|anatomy|immunology}} {{ellipsis of|en|thymus gland|t=A ductless gland, consisting mainly of lymphatic tissue, located behind the top of the [[breastbone]]. It is most active during [[puberty]], after which it shrinks in size. It plays an important role in the development of the immune system and produces [[lymphocyte]]s.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2019|author=w:Bill Bryson|title=The Body: A Guide for Occupants|publisher=Black Swan (2020)|page=234|passage=For a very long time the role of the '''thymus''' in the body was a complete mystery.}}

====Derived terms====
{{der2|en
|{{l|en|thymic}}
|{{l|en|thymectomy}}}}

====Related terms====
{{rel2|en
||{{l|en|thyme}}
|{{l|en|enthymeme}}}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|ductless gland located behind the breastbone}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|غُدَّة زَعْتَرِيَّة|f|tr=ḡudda zaʕtariyya}}, {{t|ar|غُدَّة صَعْتَرِيَّة|f|tr=ḡudda ṣaʕtariyya}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|timus}}, {{t|az|çəngələbənzər vəzi}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|tim|m}}, {{t|ca|timus|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|胸腺|tr=xiōngxiàn}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|brzlík|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|thymus|m}}, {{t+|nl|zwezerik|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kateenkorva}}
* French: {{t+|fr|thymus|m}}
* German: {{t|de|Thymus|m}}, {{t+|de|Bries|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|θύμος|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|csecsemőmirigy}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|syänkorva}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|faireog thímis|f}}, {{t|ga|tímeas|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|timo|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|胸腺|tr=きょうせん, kyōsen}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|айырша без}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|흉선}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t|kmr|rijênê tîmus|m}}, {{t|kmr|tîmus|f}}
* Malayalam: {{t|ml|തൈമസ്}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|brissel|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|grasica|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|timo|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ти́мус|m}}, {{t+|ru|ви́лочковая железа́|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|timo|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|bräss|c}}, {{t|sv|thymus|c}}, {{t+|sv|tymus|c}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|timus}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|tuyến ức}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|timusse|m}}
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====See also====
* {{l|en|sweetbreads}}

===References===
* “<span class="plainlinks">[http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50252345 ‖thymus]</span>” listed in the ''[[w:Oxford English Dictionary|Oxford English Dictionary]]'' [2<sup>nd</sup> Ed.; 1989]<br/>  {{IPAfont|(ˈθaɪməs)}} Pl. '''thymi''' {{IPAfont|(ˈθaɪmaɪ)}} … a. Gr. {{lang|grc|θύμος}} ({{lang|grc|θῠ-}})

===Further reading===
* {{R:AHD}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}
* {{R:Collins}}
* {{R:Dictionary.com}}
* {{R:Lexico}}
* {{R:MWO}}
* {{R:OneLook}}
* {{R:Etymonline}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=hmstuy|mythus}}

==Latin==

===Etymology===
From {{der|la|grc|θύμος||warty excrescence”, “thymus gland}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|thymus}}

===Noun===
{{la-noun|thymus<2>}}

# {{lb|la|medicine}} A [[type]] of [[wart]] {{rfq|la}}
# {{lb|la|botany}} [[thyme]]
#* {{Q|la|Vergil|Aeneid|I|436|quote={{nb...}}, redolentque '''thymo''' fragrantia mella.|t={{nb...}}, and the fragrant honey spreads back in the air its odour of '''thyme'''.}}
# {{lb|la|anatomy|New Latin}} {{l|en|thymus}}

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|thymus<2>}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|la|thymium}}
* {{l|la|thymōsus}}
* {{l|la|thymum}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|thymus|bor=1}}

==Swedish==
{{wikipedia|lang=sv}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|sv|tymus}}

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|c}}

# {{lb|sv|anatomy|immunology}} {{l|en|thymus}}
#: {{syn|sv|bräss}}

====Declension====
{{sv-infl-noun-c-ar}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|so}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saob}}
* [https://mesh.kib.ki.se/term/D013950/thymus-gland Svensk MeSH]