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ALAN HODGKIN

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• ALAN HODGKIN (noun)
The noun ALAN HODGKIN has 1 sense:

1. English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1914)

Familiarity information: ALAN HODGKIN used as a noun is very rare.

• ALAN HODGKIN (noun)

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Meaning:

English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1914)

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Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Alan Hodgkin; Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin; Hodgkin

Instance hypernyms:

physiologist (a biologist specializing in physiology)

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