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DOROTHY HODGKIN

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DOROTHY HODGKIN (noun)
  The noun DOROTHY HODGKIN has 1 sense:

1. English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994)play

  Familiarity information: DOROTHY HODGKIN used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


DOROTHY HODGKIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Dorothy Hodgkin; Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin; Hodgkin

Instance hypernyms:

chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)


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