Synonyms of hodgkin

Noun


1. Hodgkin, Thomas Hodgkin

usage: English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866)

2. Hodgkin, Dorothy Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin

usage: English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994)

3. Hodgkin, Alan Hodgkin, Sir Alan Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd Hodgkin

usage: English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998)

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