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Golgi

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Gol·gi  (glj), Camillo 1844?-1926.
Italian histologist. He shared a 1906 Nobel Prize for research on the structure of the nervous system.
Golgi (Italian) [ˈgɔldʒi]
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(Biographies / Golgi, Camillo (1844-1926) M, Italian, SCIENCE: neurologist, SCIENCE: histologist) Camillo (kaˈmillo). 1844-1926, Italian neurologist and histologist, noted for his work on the central nervous system and his discovery in animal cells of the bodies known by his name: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1906
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Noun1.Golgi - Italian histologist noted for work on the structure of the nervous system and for his discovery of Golgi bodies (1844-1926)
Camillo Golgi
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