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Ehrlich

American  
[eyr-likh] / ˈeɪr lɪx /

noun

  1. Paul 1854–1915, German physician, bacteriologist, and chemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1908.


Ehrlich British  
/ ˈeːrlɪç /

noun

  1. Paul (paul). 1854–1915, German bacteriologist, noted for his pioneering work in immunology and chemotherapy and for his discovery of a remedy for syphilis: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1908

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Ehrlich Scientific  
/ ârlĭk /
  1. German bacteriologist who was a pioneer in the study of the blood and the immune system, and in the development of drugs to fight specific disease-causing agents. He discovered a compound that was effective in combating sleeping sickness as well as a drug, called salvarsan, that cured syphilis.


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BofA analyst Jessica Reif Ehrlich, in a research note on Tuesday, said that Netflix had been in tough spots before, but had found ways to win investors back.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

“It’s kind of a subscale player,” Reif Ehrlich said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

“There was a time that Murdoch, Malone and Brian were really industry leaders who could affect change,” said Bank of America managing director Jessica Reif Ehrlich in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

The international research team, which included the late Professor Paul Ehrlich, analyzed historical population records and used ecological growth models to study changes in both population size and growth rates over time.

From Science Daily May 27, 2026

“Life...is a chemical incident,” Paul Ehrlich, the chemist, had once said, and biochemists, true to form, had begun to break open cells and characterize the constituent “living chemicals” into classes and functions.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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