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 June 2025

BODILY

(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”


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