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
19 May 2025
(adjective) of or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions involving atomic or molecular changes; “chemical fertilizer”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
