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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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