hodgkin meaning and definition

HODGKIN noun

Definition of Hodgkin (noun)

1. English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866)
   • synonyms: Thomas Hodgkin
2. English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994)
   • synonyms: Dorothy Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin
3. 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, Sir Alan Hodgkin