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hodgkin

/hˈɑdʒkɪn/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

  1. English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866)
  2. English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994)
  3. English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998)

Synonyms for hodgkin

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