Recent Thymic Emigrant

**Semantic type:** Cell

**Definition:** A T-lymphocyte that has completed intrathymic development and has exited the thymus. These cells are the youngest peripheral T-lymphocytes and migrate to secondary lymphoid organs where they slowly mature to become naive T-cells.

**Synonyms:** - RTE - RTEs - Recent Thymic Emigrants - Thymic Recent Emigrant - Thymic Recent Emigrants