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lovage (sh) and status thymicus (medicine)


lovage (sh)




Herb (Levisticum officinale) of the parsley family, native to southern Europe.

It is cultivated for its stalks and foliage, which are used for tea, as a vegetable, and to flavour foods. Its rhizomes are used as a carminative, and the seeds are used for flavouring desserts. Oil obtained from the flowers is used in perfumery.


status thymicus (medicine)


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status thymicolymphaticus
Old term for a syndrome of supposed enlargement of the thymus and lymph nodes in infants and young children, formerly believed to be associated with unexplained sudden death; it was also erroneously believed that pressure of the thymus on the trachea might cause death during anaesthesia. Prominence of these structures is now considered normal in young children, including those who have died suddenly without preceding illnesses that might lead to atrophy of lymphoid tissue.

See: sudden infant death syndrome.

Synonym: status lymphaticus, status thymicus.