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Metchnikoff

American  
[mech-ni-kawf, -kof, myech-nyi-kuhf] / ˌmɛtʃ nɪˈkɔf, -ˌkɒf, ˈmjɛtʃ njɪ kəf /

noun

  1. Élie Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, 1845–1916, Russian zoologist and bacteriologist in France: Nobel Prize in medicine 1908.


Metchnikoff British  
/ ˈmjetʃnikəf, mɛtʃnikɔf /

noun

  1. Élie (eli). 1845–1916, Russian bacteriologist in France. He formulated the theory of phagocytosis and shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1908

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Through these harrowing accounts, Richtel interweaves the research history — a relay race involving immunologists Élie Metchnikoff, Peter Medawar and Anthony Fauci, among others.

From Nature Mar. 12, 2019

The listing of dead longevity scientists should have included Dr. Elie Metchnikoff, 1908 Nobel Prize winner in immunology.

From New York Times Mar. 9, 2018

He works in the laboratory of the late famed Biologist Elie Metchnikoff, who received a Nobel Prize in 1908 for his work on immunity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Famed Professor Elie Metchnikoff was working on a similar serum back in 1900.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of the first to envision such use of microorganisms was the 19th-century zoologist Elie Metchnikoff.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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