Hodgkin
noun
1 Hodgkin
English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866).
synonym: Thomas Hodgkin.
2 Hodgkin
English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994).
synonyms: Dorothy Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin.
3 Hodgkin
English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998).
synonyms: Alan Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Sir Alan Hodgkin.
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