HODGKIN as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1914)
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) Hodgkin is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994)
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) Hodgkin is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • English physician who first described Hodgkin’’s disease (1798-1866)
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) Hodgkin is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower