Sir Ernst Boris Chain

Definitions of Sir Ernst Boris Chain
  1. noun
    British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)
    synonyms: Chain, Ernst Boris Chain
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    biochemist
    someone with special training in biochemistry
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