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Meaning of HODGKIN

Pronunciation:  'hâdjkin

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1914)
  2. [n]  English chemist who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994)
  3. [n]  English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866)
 
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 Synonyms: Alan Hodgkin, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, Dorothy Hodgkin, Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Thomas Hodgkin
 
 See Also: chemist, doc, doctor, Dr., MD, medico, physician, physiologist

 

 

 

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