Gorgas

American  

[gawr-guhs] / ˈgɔr gəs /

noun

1. William Crawford, 1854–1920, U.S. physician and epidemiologist: chief sanitary officer of the Panama Canal 1904–13; surgeon general of the U.S. Army 1914–18.

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Gorgas Scientific  

/ gôr′gəs /

1. American army surgeon who directed programs to eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquito in Havana, Cuba (1901), and in the Panama Canal Zone (1904–1906). The mosquito had been shown by Dr. Walter Reed and others to be responsible for the transmission of yellow fever.

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Example Sentences

Gorgas and Nance had a slight disagreement in an episode, causing Gorgas' rabid fanbase to attack.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2024

John Wilson of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy says Plant Gorgas should have been retired years earlier to avoid the expense of trying to it open.

From Washington Times • Mar. 3, 2019

Under the leadership of Brigadier General Josiah Gorgas, the Ordnance Bureau created numerous government-owned factories and armories to make rifles, gunpowder, cannons, and other weapons.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

A medical researcher looks at blood test results at the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory in Panama City.

From National Geographic • Aug. 1, 2016

"What!" he said, "Repudiate the draft of Colonel Gorgas?"

From The Supplies for the Confederate Army, how they were obtained in Europe and how paid for. by Huse, Caleb