Hitchings

[ hich-ingz ]

/ ˈhɪtʃ ɪŋz /

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noun

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

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How to use Hitchings in a sentence

Jessie Hitchings is devoted to Ben, but she is only a girl like Ariadne and me.
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For some reason or other she saw that Mr. Hitchings looked greatly distressed.
The Shriek|Charles Somerville
Robert,” the Sheik paused because he was very sure of his grounds, “Hitchings.
The Shriek|Charles Somerville
It was mean, however, she thought of Mr. Hitchings not to have shown it to her.
The Shriek|Charles Somerville

Will you—O, will you, my dear Mr. Hitchings, do a moving picture for me?
The Shriek|Charles Somerville

Scientific definitions for Hitchings

Hitchings

[ hĭch′ĭngz ]

George Herbert 1905-1998

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.