Hitchings

American  

[hich-ingz] / ˈhɪtʃ ɪŋz /

noun

1. George Herbert, 1905–98, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize 1988.

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Hitchings Scientific  

/ hĭch′ĭngz /

1. American pharmacologist who with his colleague Gertrude Elion developed drugs to treat leukemia and malaria, gout, herpes, and urinary and respiratory tract infections. He and Elion shared with Sir James Black the 1988 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

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Example Sentences

Senior Devon, Plymouth and Torbay coroner Philip Spinney said Ms Hitchings suffered blunt trauma that led to haemorrhagic shock.

From BBC

Mr. Hitchings is the author of “The Secret Life of Words.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr Hitchings said he had not seen Ms Martynova, who was dressed all in black and crossing in an "uncommon part of the road", until immediately before the collision.

From BBC

"What's clear from the previous analysis, and even more clear from Dr. L's edits, is that absolutely there was a political motivation behind the final analysis that was produced," Hitchings added.

From Salon

“This is a grave violation of research integrity,” Hitchings said.

From Washington Times