Sanger

/ˈsæŋ(g)ər/
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Definitions of Sanger
  1. noun
    United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood; she challenged Gregory Pincus to develop a birth control pill (1883-1966)
    synonyms: Margaret Higgins Sanger, Margaret Sanger
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    nurse
    one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
  2. noun
    English biochemist who determined the sequence of amino acids in insulin and who invented a technique to determine the genetic sequence of an organism (born in 1918)
    synonyms: Fred Sanger, Frederick Sanger
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    biochemist
    someone with special training in biochemistry
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