Hodgkin Definition & Meaning

hodgkin
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)

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  • "removing the spleen in hodgkin"
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  • "non hodgkin"
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  • "dorothy hodgkin"
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