Metchnikoff

[mech-ni-kawf, -kof; Russian myech-nyi-kuh f]

noun

É·lie [French ey-lee] /French eɪˈli/, Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, 1845–1916, Russian zoologist and bacteriologist in France: Nobel Prize in medicine 1908.

Russian Mechnikov.

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Metchnikoff did so most willingly until he was able to send them off to Messina.
Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916
Olga Metchnikoff
This time, Metchnikoff undertook the study of Sponges and Echinodermata.
Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916
Olga Metchnikoff
Metchnikoff often said that no man had left a deeper impression on his life.
Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916
Olga Metchnikoff
When he returned home, Metchnikoff immediately resumed his work.
Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916
Olga Metchnikoff

British Dictionary definitions for metchnikoff

Metchnikoff

noun

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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metchnikoff in Medicine

Metchnikoff

[mĕch′nĭ-kôf′]Elie 1845-1916

Russian zoologist. He shared a 1908 Nobel Prize for the discovery of phagocytes and their role in the immune system.