Sir Alan Hodgkin

Definitions of Sir Alan Hodgkin
  1. noun
    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 scientist who studies how living organisms function
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