Hartline

[hahrt-lahyn] /ˈhɑrt laɪn/

noun

Haldan Keffer

[hawl-duh n kef-er] /ˈhɔl dən ˈkɛf ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1967.

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Hartline in Medicine

Hartline Hart·line (härt'līn'), Haldan Keffer. 1903-1983.

American biophysicist. He shared a 1967 Nobel Prize for research on the physiological and electrical activities of the optic nerve and the eye.

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