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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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“Rupert was the smartest guy in Hollywood — he got out at the top,” Reif Ehrlich said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

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

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

Ehrlich displayed a total lack of confidence in man’s ability to improvise, innovate and invent.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 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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