HyperDic: alan_hodgkin

English > 1 sense of the expression Alan Hodgkin:
NOUNperson Alan Hodgkin, Hodgkin, Sir Alan Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd HodgkinEnglish physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998)
English > Alan Hodgkin: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningEnglish physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998).
SynonymsHodgkin, Sir Alan Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
Instance ofphysiologistA biologist specializing in physiology
SpanishAlan Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
CatalanAlan Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd Hodgkin

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