McDowell
[ muhk-dou-uhl ]
/ məkˈdaʊ əl /
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noun
Ephraim, 1771–1830, U.S. surgeon.
Irvin, 1818–85, Union general in the American Civil War.
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McDowell
[ mək-dou′əl ]
American surgeon who performed (1809) the first recorded ovariotomy.
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