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the gland that teaches your immune cells not to attack you, then quietly retires by adulthood
shrinks earlyPeaks at puberty, then slowly fills with fat
t-cell schoolThe 'T' in T-cells stands for thymus
culinary nameSold as sweetbreads, despite being neither sweet nor bread
self-defenseKills off cells that would attack your own body
named for thymeGreeks thought it resembled a thyme leaf