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Jan Swammerdam

DEFINITIONS OF: Jan Swammerdam

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n Dutch naturalist and microscopist who proposed a classification of insects and who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and was the first to see red blood cells (1637-1680)

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Swammerdam
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microscopist
a scientist who specializes in research with the use of microscopes
natural scientist, naturalist
a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)
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