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ANDREW HUXLEY

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• ANDREW HUXLEY (noun)
The noun ANDREW HUXLEY has 1 sense:

1. English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)

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• ANDREW HUXLEY (noun)

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Meaning:

English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)

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Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Andrew Fielding Huxley; Andrew Huxley; Huxley

Instance hypernyms:

physiologist (a biologist specializing in physiology)

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