Harvey

[ hahr-vee ]

/ ˈhɑr vi /

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noun

William, 1578–1657, English physician: discoverer of the circulation of the blood.

a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.

a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “army” and “battle.”

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Words nearby Harvey

harvest mite, harvest moon, harvest mouse, harvest tick, harvesttime, Harvey, Harvey Wallbanger, Harwell, Harwich, Haryana, Háry János

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How to use Harvey in a sentence

The majority of homes damaged by Harvey were outside of designated floodplains.
As rainstorms grow more severe and frequent, communities fail to prepare for risks|Jim Morrison|April 9, 2021|Washington Post
Paul Fry allowed Harvey’s final two runs to score in the sixth, and Shawn Armstrong allowed a run on Tate’s account to score before one of his own.
Orioles endure growing pains in loss to Red Sox as fans return to Camden Yards|Jon Meoli|April 8, 2021|Washington Post
The total price tag could soar to close to $300 billion, according to one estimate, making it twice as costly as Hurricanes Harvey and Katrina.
The Texas Governor Reaches for Culture War to Dodge Blackout Criticism|Philip Elliott|March 4, 2021|TIme
What’s most impressive is that Jordan and Harvey didn’t feel the pressure to overshare about their budding relationship, even if folks already had their suspicions.
10 Celebrity Couples Who Kept It Cool Before Going Public|Jasmine Grant|January 12, 2021|Essence.com

They all got out of jail by the evening, but for Harvey, it was too late to register to vote.
Pistols, a Hearse and Trucks Playing Chicken: Why Some Voters Felt Harassed and Intimidated at the Polls|by Adriana Gallardo, Maryam Jameel and Ryan McCarthy|December 4, 2020|ProPublica
The latest novel from Samantha Harvey is truly superb, but left its reviewer at a loss for how to describe it.
A Novel Nearly Impossible to Review|Nicholas Mancusi|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sanders stepped in legal hot water, however, when the company auctioned off the original coffin of Lee Harvey Oswald in late 2010.
Bid on CIA’s Osama Action Figure, Lewinsky's Lingerie, and More at This L.A. Auction House|Asawin Suebsaeng|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Anyone who watches Milk is bound to be moved by the injustice suffered by the gay community and the courage of Harvey Milk.
Catholic University’s Harvey Milk Ban Reflects A Church In Transition|Jay Michaelson|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Although you did cover some PJ Harvey songs in Strange Days.
Juliette Lewis on Hollywood, Why the MSM Hates Scientology, and Masturbating to George Clooney|Marlow Stern|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was Kathryn Bigelow who directed that, and she is who hipped me to PJ Harvey.
Juliette Lewis on Hollywood, Why the MSM Hates Scientology, and Masturbating to George Clooney|Marlow Stern|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"Warn the men, and arrange tanks and chutes accordingly; for Harvey Cheyne is in a hurry, a hurry—hurry," sang the wires.
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Harvey Cheyne's wife, she was sick back, an' we did n't want to jounce her.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
Thomas Harvey, a distinguished officer in the British navy, died at Bermuda, aged 65.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Hayle Harbour was a branch of it, and he now suggested to Mr. Henry Harvey methods for deepening and improving it.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
William Harvey, an English physician, died; celebrated as the discoverer of the circulation of the blood.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

British Dictionary definitions for Harvey

Harvey

/ (ˈhɑːvɪ) /

noun

William. 1578–1657, English physician who discovered the mechanism of blood circulation, expounded in On the motion of the heart (1628)

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Medical definitions for Harvey

Harvey

[ här′vē ]

William 1578-1657

English physician, anatomist, and physiologist who discovered the circulation of blood in the human body (1628).

Scientific definitions for Harvey

Harvey

[ här′vē ]

William 1578-1657

English physician and physiologist who in 1628 demonstrated the function of the heart and the circulation of blood throughout the human body.

Biography

In the second century ce, the Greek physician Galen theorized that blood is created in the liver, passes once through the heart, and is then absorbed by bodily tissues. Galen's ideas were widely accepted in European medicine until 1628, when William Harvey published a book describing the circulation of blood throughout the body. Through his observations of human and animal dissections, Harvey saw that blood flows from one side of the heart to the other and that it flows through the lungs and returns to the heart to be pumped elsewhere. There was one missing part of the cycle: How did the blood pumped to distant body tissues get into the veins to be carried back to the heart? As an answer, Harvey offered his own, unproven theory, one that has since been shown to be true: blood passes from small, outlying arteries through tiny vessels called capillaries into the outlying veins. Harvey's views were so controversial at the time that many of his patients left his care, but his work became the basis for all modern research on the heart and blood vessels.