Levi-Montalcini

[ lee-vee-mon-tl-chee-nee, ley-; Italian le-vee-mawn-tahl-chee-nee ]

/ ˈli viˌmɒn tlˈtʃi ni, ˈleɪ-; Italian ˈlɛ viˌmɔn tɑlˈtʃi ni /

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noun

Rita, 1909–2012, U.S. neurologist, born in Italy: Nobel Prize 1986.

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Words nearby Levi-Montalcini

leviable, leviathan, levied, levier, levigate, Levi-Montalcini, levin, Levine, Levin tube, levirate, Levi's

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How to use Levi-Montalcini in a sentence

Their responses reminded me of Hamburger’s enthusiasm about Levi-Montalcini disproving his own hypotheses.
A Lab of Her Own - Issue 108: Change|Bob Goldstein|December 1, 2021|Nautilus
It perhaps did not help that Hamburger and Levi-Montalcini themselves had muddied the history of the discoveries over the years.
A Lab of Her Own - Issue 108: Change|Bob Goldstein|December 1, 2021|Nautilus
On Dec. 22, 1799, Sands told her cousins that she would be leaving to elope with a fellow boarder named Levi Weeks that night.
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According to the sheriff, 18-year-old Levi Weaver begged the officer to shoot him, and then leapt at him.
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Celebrity participants like Zachary Levi—who devotes substantial time to discussing ALS—are outliers.
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The anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss saw the Amazon rainforest, as he saw most things, as a complex structure.
Exploring the Amazon, While We Still Can|Darrell Hartman|May 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Compare the Auto-Tune way of singing today with the way Levi Stubbs of the Four Tops sang.
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“Wait a minute 'ere,” said Mr. Levi, and he went into the room beyond this, where she knew there were writing materials.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Each evening Mr. Levi was in attendance, and this day, according to rule, she went down to the grand old dining-room.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Mr. Levi enters almost beside him; how white his big eyeballs gleam, as he steps in under the same cold light!
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
As an instance of explicit references made to the duty, we may advert to the blessing of Moses on the tribe of Levi.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
Simeon and Levi were the most active in seeking to compass the death of Joseph, and a curse was sent upon them.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume II|John Lord

Medical definitions for Levi-Montalcini

Levi-Montalcini

[ lē′vē-mŏn′tl-chē′nē, lĕ′vē-môn′täl- ]

Rita Born 1909

Italian-American developmental biologist. She shared a 1986 Nobel Prize for the discovery of the nerve growth factor.

Scientific definitions for Levi-Montalcini

Levi-Montalcini

[ lē′vē-mŏn′tl-chē′nē, lĕ′vē-mōn′täl- ]

Rita Born 1909

Italian-born American developmental biologist who discovered the nerve growth factor (NGF), a bodily substance that stimulates the growth of nerve cells. For this work she shared with American biochemist Stanley Cohen the 1986 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.