Duve

[ dy-vuh ]
/ ˈdü və /

noun

Chris·tian Re·né de [krees-tyahn ruh-ney duh], /krisˈtyɑ̃ rəˈneɪ də/, 1917–2013, Belgian biologist, born in England: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1974.

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Medical definitions for Duve

Duve
[ dōō′və, dü′- ]
Christian Marie René Joseph de Born 1917

British-born Belgian physiologist. He shared a 1974 Nobel Prize for contributions to the understanding of the components of living cells.
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