English noun: Hodgkin |
1. | Hodgkin (person) English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866) |
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| Synonyms | Thomas Hodgkin |
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| Instance hypernym | doc, doctor, Dr., MD, medico, physician |
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2. | Hodgkin (person) English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994) |
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| Synonyms | Dorothy Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin |
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| Instance hypernym | chemist |
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3. | Hodgkin (person) 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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| Synonyms | Alan Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Sir Alan Hodgkin |
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| Instance hypernym | physiologist |
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