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Alan Lloyd Hodgkin

DEFINITIONS OF: Alan Lloyd Hodgkin

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n 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, Hodgkin, Sir Alan Hodgkin
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physiologist
a biologist specializing in physiology
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