Howard Florey

Definitions of Howard Florey
  1. noun
    British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968)
    synonyms: Florey, Sir Howard Walter Florey
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    diagnostician, pathologist
    a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis
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