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HELMHOLTZ
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• HELMHOLTZ (noun)
The noun HELMHOLTZ has 1 sense:
1. German physiologist and physicist (1821-1894)
Familiarity information: HELMHOLTZ used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
German physiologist and physicist (1821-1894)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Baron Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz; Helmholtz; Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz; Hermann von Helmholtz
Instance hypernyms:
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
physiologist (a biologist specializing in physiology)
Context examples
Scientists at the Helmholtz Center, in Munich, were able to show that the herbal active substance, celastrol, used in Chinese medicine, leads to a significant weight loss and to an improvement of diabetes in obese mice.
(German scientists find potential treatment for obesity, Agência Brasil)
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