Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thymosin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables: thy-mosin
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A polypeptide hormone, secreted by the thymus, that stimulates the development of T cells as part of the immune system

Inflected Forms

thymosins (plural)

Derived Forms

prothymosin

Questions

What does thymosin mean?: A polypeptide hormone, secreted by the thymus, that stimulates the development of T cells as part of the immune system

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