MACLEOD

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• MACLEOD (noun)
  The noun MACLEOD has 1 sense:

1. Scottish physiologist who directed the research by F. G. Banting and C. H. Best that led to the discovery of insulin (1876-1935)

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

• MACLEOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Scottish physiologist who directed the research by F. G. Banting and C. H. Best that led to the discovery of insulin (1876-1935)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

John James Rickard Macleod; John Macleod; Macleod

Instance hypernyms:

physiologist (a biologist specializing in physiology)