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FLOREY
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• FLOREY (noun)
The noun FLOREY has 1 sense:
1. British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968)
Familiarity information: FLOREY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Florey; Howard Florey; Sir Howard Walter Florey
Instance hypernyms:
diagnostician; pathologist (a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis)
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