- thymus (n.)
[thymus 词源字典]
- 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.[thymus etymology, thymus origin, 英语词源]