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English noun: Hodgkin

1. Hodgkin (person) English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866)


SynonymsThomas Hodgkin


Instance hypernymdoc, doctor, Dr., MD, medico, physician

2. Hodgkin (person) English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994)


SynonymsDorothy Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin


Instance hypernymchemist

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)


SynonymsAlan Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Sir Alan Hodgkin


Instance hypernymphysiologist









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