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THYMOSIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hormone secreted by the thymus; stimulates immunological activity of lymphoid tissue
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Hypernyms ("thymosin" is a kind of...):
endocrine; hormone; internal secretion (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)