Macleod

[ muh-kloud ]

noun
  1. John James Rick·ard [rik-erd], /ˈrɪk ərd/, 1876–1935, Scottish physiologist: one of the discoverers of insulin; Nobel Prize in medicine 1923.

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How to use Macleod in a sentence

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British Dictionary definitions for Macleod

Macleod

/ (məˈklaʊd) /


noun
  1. John James Rickard. 1876–1935, Scottish physiologist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1923) with Banting for their part in discovering insulin

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