Hodgkin

American  

[hodj-kin] / ˈhɒddʒ kɪn /

noun

1. Sir Alan Lloyd, 1914–1998, English biophysicist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963.

2. his cousin Dorothy Mary Crowfoot 1910–94, English chemist: Nobel Prize 1964.

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Hodgkin British  

/ ˈhɒdʒkɪn /

noun

1. Sir Alan Lloyd. 1914–98, English physiologist. With A. F. Huxley, he explained the conduction of nervous impulses in terms of the physical and chemical changes involved: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1963)

2. Dorothy Crowfoot. 1910–94, English chemist and crystallographer, who determined the three-dimensional structure of insulin: Nobel prize for chemistry (1964)

3. Sir Howard. born 1932, British painter, noted for his brightly coloured semi-abstract works

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Hodgkin Scientific  

/ hŏj′kĭn /

1. British chemist who used x-ray techniques to determine the structure of several complex molecules, including penicillin (1942–45) and vitamin B ₁₂ (1948–56). For this work she received the 1964 Nobel Prize for chemistry. She later used more advanced computing methods to analyze the structure of insulin.

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Example Sentences

Lillie Bright involved her partner Chloe Hodgkin - who the court heard will be sentenced at a later date once she has given birth.

From BBC

Three years ago, Luke, who was then 28, was desperately ill in hospital with Hodgkin lymphoma.

From BBC

I was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin Lymphoma, which I later found out is the most common cancer in young adults, but I had never heard of it.

From BBC

Grit was released 15 months before his death from Hodgkin's Lymphoma at the age of 33.

From BBC

Then, barely a year later, my sister died of complications from Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

From Los Angeles Times