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Measurement of the number of immature lymphocytes in the thymus. The thymus is the lymphoid organ which is the site of the proliferation, differentiation and maturation of T lymphocytes, and of the production of hormones such as thymopoietin and thymosin which control these processes.
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thymic lymphocyte count; thymus immature T cell count