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THYMOMA

Specialty Definition: THYMOMA

DomainDefinition

Health

A tumor of the thymus, an organ that is part of the lymphatic system and is located in the chest, behind the breastbone. (references)

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Commercial Usage: THYMOMA

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References

  • The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Malignant Thymoma (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • 21st Century Complete Medical Guide to Rare Cancers (Pheochromocytoma, Adrenocortical Carcinoma, Parathyroid Cancer, Malignant Thymoma, Extracranial Germ Cell Tumor, Extragonadal Germ Cell, Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor) - Authoritative Government Docum (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: THYMOMA

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Health

Computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be used to identify an abnormal thymus gland or the presence of a thymoma. (references)

Thymectomy, the surgical removal of the thymus gland (which is abnormal in myasthenia gravis patients), improves symptoms in more than 50 percent of patients without thymoma and may cure some individuals, possibly by re-balancing the immune system. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: THYMOMA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

thymoma

62

2003 thymoma

3

malignant thymoma

2

el4 thymoma

2
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Modern Translation: THYMOMA

Language Translations for "THYMOMA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

thymoma. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

thymoma. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tymooma, kateenkorvakasvain. (various references)

   

French

  

thymome. (various references)

   

German

  

Thymom. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

θύμωμα. (various references)

   

Italian

  

timoma. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ymomathay

   

Portuguese

  

timoma. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

timoma. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tymom. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: THYMOMA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-h-m-m-o-t-y"

-2 letters: atomy, hammy, mothy, myoma, tammy, tommy.

-3 letters: ahoy, ammo, atom, homy, hoya, math, mayo, moat, moth, myth, oath.

-4 letters: ham, hao, hat, hay, hmm, hot, hoy, mat, may, mho, moa, mom, mot, oat, ohm, tam, tao, tho, thy, tom, toy, yah, yam, yom.

-5 letters: ah, am, at, ay, ha, hm, ho, ma, mm, mo.

 Words containing the letters "a-h-m-m-o-t-y"
 

+3 letters: lymphomata, mythomania.

 

+4 letters: mythomaniac, mythomanias.

 

+5 letters: lymphomatous, mealymouthed, mythomaniacs.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Usage: Commercial
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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