thymic death

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• thymic aplasia — failure of development of the thymus. This was formerly thought to predispose to hypersensitivity reactions and to infection and so to death in childhood (see status lymphaticus), a concept no longer held. * * * absence of the thymus gland, as in …   Medical dictionary

• thymic aplasia — failure of development of the thymus. This was formerly thought to predispose to hypersensitivity reactions and to infection and so to death in childhood (see status lymphaticus), a concept no longer held …   The new mediacal dictionary

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