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Huxley

Noun1.Huxley - English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)
physiologist - a biologist specializing in physiology
2.Huxley - English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963)
author, writer - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
3.Huxley - English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895)
biologist, life scientist - (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms

 

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