thymic aplasia

thymic aplasia
failure of development of the thymus. This was formerly thought to predispose to hypersensitivity reactions and to infection and so to death in childhood (see status lymphaticus), a concept no longer held.

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absence of the thymus gland, as in DiGeorge syndrome.

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