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Sir Alan Hodgkin

DEFINITIONS OF: Sir Alan 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, Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Hodgkin
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physiologist
a biologist specializing in physiology
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