Eccles
[ ek-uhlz ]
/ ˈɛk əlz /
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noun
Sir John Ca·rew [kuh-roo], /kəˈru/, 1903–97, Australian physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963.
Mar·ri·ner Stod·dard [mar-uh-ner -stod-erd], /ˈmær ə nər ˈstɒd ərd/, 1890–1977, U.S. economist and banker.
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Definition for Eccles (2 of 3)
eccles.
or eccl.
abbreviation
ecclesiastic.
ecclesiastical.
Definition for Eccles (3 of 3)
Eccles.
or Eccl.
abbreviation Bible.
Ecclesiastes.
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British Dictionary definitions for Eccles (1 of 3)
Eccles1
/ (ˈɛkəlz) /
noun
a town in NW England, in Salford unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 36 610 (2001)
British Dictionary definitions for Eccles (2 of 3)
Eccles2
/ (ˈɛkəlz) /
noun
Sir John Carew. 1903–97, Australian physiologist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology (1963) with A. L. Hodgkin and A. F. Huxley for their work on conduction of nervous impulses
British Dictionary definitions for Eccles (3 of 3)
Eccles.
Eccl.
/ Bible /
abbreviation for
Ecclesiastes
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Medical definitions for Eccles
Eccles
[ ĕk′əlz ]
Australian physiologist. He shared a 1963 Nobel Prize for research on the action of nerve impulses.
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