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WILLIS

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Overview

WILLIS (noun)
  The noun WILLIS has 1 sense:

1. English physician who was a pioneer in the study of the brain (1621-1675)play

  Familiarity information: WILLIS used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


WILLIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

English physician who was a pioneer in the study of the brain (1621-1675)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Thomas Willis; Willis

Instance hypernyms:

brain doctor; neurologist (a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it)


 Context examples 


One of the two arteries arising from the internal carotid artery and being part of the Circle of Willis.

(Anterior Cerebral Artery, NCI Thesaurus)



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