SIR HOWARD WALTER FLOREY

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• SIR HOWARD WALTER FLOREY (noun)
  The noun SIR HOWARD WALTER 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: SIR HOWARD WALTER FLOREY used as a noun is very rare.

• SIR HOWARD WALTER FLOREY (noun)

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Meaning:

British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968)

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Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Florey; Howard Florey; Sir Howard Walter Florey

Instance hypernyms:

diagnostician; pathologist (a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis)