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Otto Loewi
DEFINITIONS OF:
Otto Loewi
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n
United States pharmacologist (born in Germany) who was the first to show that acetylcholine is produced at the junction between a parasympathetic nerve and a muscle (1873-1961)
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Loewi
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someone trained in the science of drugs (their composition and uses and effects)
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