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thymic

thymic

8.9
Relating to a person's mood or feelings
  • adjective
  • /ˈθaɪmɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : tímico
  • The psychiatrist documented the patient's thymic instability, noting rapid shifts between sadness and elevated energy.

Examples

  • Researchers are studying how certain medications affect thymic responses in people with mood disorders.

  • The therapist noted her thymic fluctuations during the session.

  • A sudden thymic change can be a sign of an underlying psychological condition.

  • He experienced thymic changes that affected his daily life.

  • The psychiatrist documented the patient's thymic instability, noting rapid shifts between sadness and elevated energy.

  • Researchers are studying how certain medications affect thymic responses in people with mood disorders.

  • A sudden thymic change can be a sign of an underlying psychological condition.

Synonyms

thymotic
vsthymic
  • Specialized
9.9

Relating to the thymus gland or to spirited feelings that make people act

focuses only on mood and emotions in psychiatric contexts rather than anatomy

Compounds

thymic acid
  • Specialized
8.9

A colorless solid used to preserve tissue and to kill germs in perfumes and medicine

How Emotional

overwrought
13 7.8
emotional
535 2.1
thymic
  • Specialized
8.9
calm
735 1.0
unemotional
11 4.4

Surface Forms

thymic positive

Morphology

thymic = thym + ic

The form contains the adjective suffix -ic, but the psychiatric meaning comes from a classical root and is not recoverable from ordinary modern English morphology.

Etymology

Thymic comes from the Greek word thymos, which meant 'soul' or 'spirit' and was thought to be the place of feelings, so thymic today describes things about mood and emotions.