Thymocytes

Are T cell precursors which develop in the thymus.


A lymphocyte formed in the thymus gland.


A cell that develops in the thymus gland, probably from a stem cell of bone marrow. It is a precursor of T-lymphocytes originating in the gland.


Immature T lymphocytes that reside in the thymus. Fewer than 1% of the lymphoid stem cells that migrate to the thymus reproduce and develop into T lymphocytes capable of binding with specific antigens.


 


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