hodgkin
1. [ noun ] (chemistry,crystallography) English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994)
Synonyms: dorothy_hodgkin dorothy_mary_crowfoot_hodgkin dorothy_crowfoot_hodgkin
Related terms: chemist
2. [ noun ] (medicine,work) English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866)
Synonyms: thomas_hodgkin
Related terms: doctor
3. [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 31828
4. [ noun ] (biology,physiology) English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1914)
Synonyms: sir_alan_lloyd_hodgkin alan_hodgkin
Related terms: physiologist
Similar spelling:   Hodgkins
  Hodgkinson
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  Hodgson
  hoatzin