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RICHARD JOHN ROBERTS
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• RICHARD JOHN ROBERTS (noun)
The noun RICHARD JOHN ROBERTS has 1 sense:
1. United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)
Familiarity information: RICHARD JOHN ROBERTS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Richard J. Roberts; Richard John Roberts; Roberts
Instance hypernyms:
chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
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