hausen

American  

[haw-zuhn, hou-zuhn] / ˈhɔ zən, ˈhaʊ zən /

noun

1. beluga.

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Etymology

Origin of hausen

1735–45; < German; Old High German hūso; isinglass

Example Sentences

Cronin pointed to three plays that led to his team’s demise — a failed box-out on a free throw and twice leaving Villanova sharpshooter Brendan Hausen open for three-pointers as the Wildcats closed the game on a 24-11 run.

From Los Angeles Times

Lives lived: When Harald zur Hausen proposed in the 1970s that HPV caused cervical cancer, he was ridiculed.

From New York Times

Josef Puchta, the center’s former administrative director and a longtime colleague and friend, said that Dr. zur Hausen had suffered a stroke in May.

From New York Times

Finally, in 1983, Dr. zur Hausen and his colleagues announced that they had found a new type of HPV in cervical cancer cells.

From New York Times

Dr. zur Hausen won the Nobel two years later, sharing the prize with the two French virologists who had discovered H.I.V.

From New York Times