Medawar

American  

[med-uh-wer] / ˈmɛd ə wər /

noun

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

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Medawar British  

/ ˈmɛdəwə /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

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

The Nobel laureate Peter Medawar, a British biologist born in Brazil, was also a member previously, according to the Royal Society.

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

Yet this collection of 23 radio scripts, edited with scholarly annotation by Tony Medawar and Douglas Greene, is nearly as much fun just to read.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2021