Hodg·kin (h j k n), Sir Alan Lloyd 1914-1998. British physiologist. He shared a 1963 Nobel Prize for research on nerve cells. |
| Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot 1910-1994. Egyptian-born British chemist. She won a 1964 Nobel Prize for determining the structure of compounds needed in combating pernicious anemia. |
Hodgkin [ˈhɒdʒkɪn]
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1. (Biographies / Hodgkin, Sir Alan Lloyd (1914-1998) M, English, SCIENCE: physiologist) Sir Alan Lloyd. 1914-98, English physiologist. With A. F. Huxley, he explained the conduction of nervous impulses in terms of the physical and chemical changes involved: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1963)
2. (Biographies / Hodgkin, Dorothy Crowfoot (1910-1994) F, English, SCIENCE: chemist, SCIENCE: crystallographer) Dorothy Crowfoot. 1910-94, English chemist and crystallographer, who determined the three-dimensional structure of insulin: Nobel prize for chemistry (1964)
3. (Biographies / Hodgkin, Sir Howard (1932 M, British, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter) Sir Howard. born 1932, British painter, noted for his brightly coloured semi-abstract works
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| Noun | 1. | Hodgkin - English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866) |
| 2. | Hodgkin - English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994) | |
| 3. | Hodgkin - 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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