Leeuwenhoek

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Leeu·wen·hoek

or Leu·wen·hoek  (lā′vən-ho͝ok′, lā′ü-wən-ho͞ok′), Anton van 1632-1723.
Dutch microscopy pioneer and naturalist who formulated early descriptions of bacteria and spermatozoa.
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Leeuwenhoek

(ˈleɪvənˌhuːk; Dutch ˈleːwənhuːk)
n
(Biography) Anton van (ˈɑntɔn vɑn). 1632–1723, Dutch microscopist, whose microscopes enabled him to give the first accurate description of blood corpuscles, spermatozoa, and microbes
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Lee•u•wen•hoek

(ˈleɪ vənˌhuk, -wən-)

n.
Anton van, 1632–1723, Dutch naturalist and microscopist.
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Noun1.Leeuwenhoek - Dutch pioneer microscopist who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and who gave the first accurate descriptions of microbes and spermatozoa and blood corpuscles (1632-1723)Leeuwenhoek - Dutch pioneer microscopist who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and who gave the first accurate descriptions of microbes and spermatozoa and blood corpuscles (1632-1723)
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Where Leeuwenhoek emulates his colleagues, nonetheless, is by
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The study of the life indoors began in earnest with the work of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), a Dutch microscopist.
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In 1675, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek looked through a two-millimeter-thick sphere of glass at a puddle of rainwater.
I CONTAIN MULTITUDES: The Microbes within Us and a Grander View of Life
Readers can learn about Aniximander, Gutenberg, Wheeler, Leeuwenhoek, Ibn al-Haytham and Thomas Wedgewood among other interesting creators.
Claybourne, Anna: Making with Light (Science Makers)
Professor Dankelman was nominated by the study associations Antoni van Leeuwenhoek and Gezelschap Leeghwater, PhD students, Prof.dr.
TU Delft: Jenny Dankelman receives Professor or Excellence Award 2019
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, [1] observed many little holes on tibia extending from cortex to medulla like as small pipes going long ways.
A STUDY OF ADULT HUMAN FEMORAL DIAPHYSEAL NUTRIENT FORAMINA
(7) Department of Radiotherapy, Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, P.O.
Outcome of Nonsurgical Management of Extra-Abdominal, Trunk, and Abdominal Wall Desmoid-Type Fibromatosis: A Population-Based Study in the Netherlands
In 1670s, Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch scientist, discovered tiny microorganism which he named ''bacteria''.
Antibiotic resistance: Another immense challenge for our globe
In 1895 the first Nomina Anatomica was published in Basel, Switzerland, known as the Basel Nomina Anatomica (BNA), coincidently the same year the term by Preiswerk was introduced (Preiswerk, 1895) in German as 'Perikymatien', although previously in 1678, Dutch researcher Leeuwenhoek was the first to describe them as, "fine circular grooves, oriented cross-sectionally on the surface of the enamel" (Nasmyth, 1839).
Perikymata: A Non-existent Term. A Scientific Literature Invention? Terminology Analysis and Proposal/ Periquematie: Un Termino Inexistente. ?Una Invencion de la Literatura? Analisis de la Terminologia y Propuesta
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