thymic

¹ American  

[tahy-mik, thahy-mik] / ˈtaɪ mɪk, ˈθaɪ mɪk /

adjective

1. pertaining to or derived from thyme.

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thymic ² American  

[thahy-mik] / ˈθaɪ mɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the thymus.

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thymic British  

/ ˈθaɪmɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the thymus

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Etymology

Origin of thymic¹

First recorded in 1865–70; thyme + -ic

Origin of thymic²

First recorded in 1650–60; thym(us) + -ic

Example Sentences

This process is called thymic involution, and it reduces the body's ability to produce new T cells.

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025

"We're engineering the body to mimic thymic factor secretion."

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025

Animal studies have shown that transplanted thymic grafts between inbred strains of mice involuted according to the age of the donor and not of the recipient, implying the process is genetically programmed.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Thymosins have been found in tissues other than the thymus and have a wide variety of functions, so the thymosins cannot be strictly categorized as thymic hormones.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Such secondary forms may be bronchitic, cardiac, renal, peptic or thymic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various