athymia

Meaning

Noun

  • The absence of emotion; morbid impassivity.
  • The absence of the thymus gland or the suppression of its secretion.

Origin

  • a- + --thymia
  • Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀ- ("not") + θυμός, meaning "without heart".

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