HODGKIN

Hodgkin, Alan Hodgkin, Sir Alan Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd Hodgkin

(noun) English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998)

Hodgkin, Dorothy Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin

(noun) English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994)

Hodgkin, Thomas Hodgkin

(noun) English physician who first described Hodgkin’s disease (1798-1866)

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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30 March 2025

EVANGELICAL

(adjective) of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament


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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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