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The letter T in T-ymphocyte refers to

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A.thyroid
B.thalamus
C.tonsil
D.thymus

Solution

 Thymus is an endocrine gland. Thymus is the ′seedbed′ of thymic lymphocytes (T-lymphocytes). Certain stem cells, originating in yolk sac and liver in early embryo, but only in bone marrow in late embryo, migrate into the thymus and proliferate to form a large number of lymphocytes.
Thyroid is an endocrine gland.
Thalamus is the part of forebrain in vertebrate lies above the hypothalamus.
Tonsil is a mass of lymphoid tissue, several of which are situated at the back of the mouth and throat in higher vertebrates. 

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