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Metchnikoff

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Metch·ni·koff also Metch·ni·kov  (mchn-kôf, mychn-kf), Elie 1845-1916.
Russian zoologist. He shared a 1908 Nobel Prize for discoveries and advances in immunology.
Metchnikoff (French) [mɛtʃnikɔf (Russian) ˈmjetʃnikəf]
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(Biographies / Metchnikoff, Élie (1845-1916) M, Russian, SCIENCE: bacteriologist) Élie (eli). 1845-1916, Russian bacteriologist in France. He formulated the theory of phagocytosis and shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1908
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Noun1.MetchnikoffMetchnikoff - Russian bacteriologist in France who formulated the theory of phagocytosis (1845-1916)
Elie Metchnikoff, Elie Metchnikov, Ilya Ilich Metchnikov, Metchnikov


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