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

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

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

From Reuters

One of Dr. Medawar’s theories for why the mother’s body does not reject the pregnancy was that the maternal immune system is inhibited.

From New York Times

The American biologist George C. Williams elaborated on Medawar’s ideas, adding that some genes may be beneficial in youth but detrimental later on, when selection would overlook their disadvantages.

From New York Times