thymus的词源

英文词源

thymus (n.)

gland near the base of the neck, 1690s, Modern Latin, from Greek thymos "a warty excrescence," used of the gland by Galen, literally "thyme," probably so called because of a fancied resemblance to a bud of thyme (see thyme). Related: Thymic.

中文词源

thymus：胸腺

来自拉丁语 thymus,来自希腊语 thymos,疣子状瘤，古希腊著名医生 Galan 借用该词用以指胸 腺，词源同 thymon,百里香。可能因其形如百里香花苞而得名。

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