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Harvey

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Har·vey  (härv), William 1578-1657.
English physician, anatomist, and physiologist who discovered the circulation of blood in the human body (1628).
Harvey [ˈhɑːvɪ]
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(Biographies / Harvey, William (1578-1657) M, English, MEDICINE: physician) William. 1578-1657, English physician who discovered the mechanism of blood circulation, expounded in On the motion of the heart (1628)
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Noun1.Harvey - English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the bloodHarvey - English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657)
William Harvey
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