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ANDREW HUXLEY
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• ANDREW HUXLEY (noun)
The noun ANDREW HUXLEY has 1 sense:
1. English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)
Familiarity information: ANDREW HUXLEY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Andrew Fielding Huxley; Andrew Huxley; Huxley
Instance hypernyms:
physiologist (a biologist specializing in physiology)
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