Medawar

American

[med-uh-wer] / ˈmɛd ə wər /

noun

Peter Brian, 1915–87, English zoologist and anatomist, born in Brazil: Nobel Prize in medicine 1960.

Medawar British

/ ˈmɛdəwə /

noun

Sir Peter Brian. 1915–87, English zoologist, who shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1960) with Sir Macfarlane Burnet for work on immunology

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This concept, known as antagonistic pleiotropy, was proposed by biologist Peter Medawar in 1952 as an explanation for aspects of aging.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

English teacher Jocelyn Medawar has noticed a new vibe at Harvard-Westlake School this school year: Upper school students are chatting in the halls and greet her as they enter class.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025

As reported in the book "Hitler's Gift" by Jean Medawar and David Pyke, Germany had long been the acknowledged world leader in the hard sciences.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2025

But Medawar, who died in 1987, gave up his Brazilian citizenship as an adolescent.

From Reuters ● May 13, 2022

More than 60 years ago, the Nobel Prize-winning biologist Peter Medawar posed what has become known as the immunological paradox of pregnancy.

From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2021

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