Loewi

American  

[loh-ee, lœ-vee] / ˈloʊ i, ˈlœ vi /

noun

1. Otto 1873–1961, German pharmacologist in the U.S.: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1936.

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Loewi British  

/ ˈləʊɪ /

noun

1. Otto. 1873–1961, US pharmacologist, born in Germany. He shared a Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1936) with Dale for their work on the chemical transmission of nerve impulses

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Loewi Scientific  

/ lĕv′ē /

1. German pharmacologist who, with Sir Henry Dale, investigated the chemical transmissions of nerve impulses. For this work they shared the 1936 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

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Example Sentences

However, when reflecting on his nocturnal discovery, Loewi credited sleep with making the association between his theory from 1903 and an experimental technique he had recently used to answer a different question.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2020

And unlike Loewi, they did not awaken with the solution in the middle of the night.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2020

In 1921, Nobel Prize winner Otto Loewi had a problem.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2020

Dr. Loewi discovered, Dr. Dale proved, that nervous impulses are the result of chemical action, not of electrical action as had formerly been supposed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Loewi might have had all the credit for this fundamental physiological work, if he were a more persistent researcher.

From Time Magazine Archive