Levi-Montalcini

[ lee-vee-mon-tl-chee-nee, ley-; Italian le-vee-mawn-tahl-chee-nee ]

noun

1. Rita, 1909–2012, U.S. neurologist, born in Italy: Nobel Prize 1986.

Levi-Montalcini

/ lē′vē-mŏn′tl-chē′nē,lĕ′vē-mōn′täl- /

1. Italian-born American developmental biologist who discovered the nerve growth factor (NGF), a bodily substance that stimulates the growth of nerve cells. For this work she shared with American biochemist Stanley Cohen the 1986 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

Example Sentences

Their responses reminded me of Hamburger’s enthusiasm about Levi-Montalcini disproving his own hypotheses.

From Nautilus

It perhaps did not help that Hamburger and Levi-Montalcini themselves had muddied the history of the discoveries over the years.

From Nautilus