Hodgkin

/ˈhɑdʒkən/

Other forms: Hodgkins

Definitions of Hodgkin

1. noun

   English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866)
   synonyms: Thomas Hodgkin

   example of:

   Dr., MD, doc, doctor, medico, physician

   a licensed medical practitioner
2. noun

   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

   example of:

   physiologist

   a scientist who studies how living organisms function
3. noun

   English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994)
   synonyms: Dorothy Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin

   example of:

   chemist

   a scientist who specializes in chemistry