hodgkin

Noun

• English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998)

• English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994)

• English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866)

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• Synonyms: 
  Hodgkin , Alan Hodgkin , Sir Alan Hodgkin , Alan Lloyd Hodgkin , Dorothy Hodgkin , Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin , Thomas Hodgkin