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Loewi
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Loewi [ˈləʊɪ]
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(Biographies / Loewi, Otto (1873-1961) M, USnational of birth: German, MEDICINE: pharmacologist) Otto. 1873-1961, US pharmacologist, born in Germany. He shared a Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1936) with Dale for their work on the chemical transmission of nerve impulses
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Noun1.Loewi - United States pharmacologist (born in Germany) who was the first to show that acetylcholine is produced at the junction between a parasympathetic nerve and a muscle (1873-1961)


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