Meyerhof

[ mahy-er-hof; German mahy-uh r-hohf ]

/ ˈmaɪ ərˌhɒf; German ˈmaɪ ərˌhoʊf /

noun

Ot·to

[ot-oh; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ; German ˈɔt oʊ/, 1884–1951, German physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1922.

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British Dictionary definitions for meyerhof

Meyerhof

/ (German ˈmaiərhoːf) /

noun

Otto (Fritz) (ˈɔto). 1884–1951, German physiologist, noted for his work on the metabolism of muscles. He shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1922

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Medicine definitions for meyerhof

Meyerhof

[ mī′ər-hôf′ ]

Otto 1884-1951

German-born American physiologist. He shared a 1922 Nobel Prize for his discovery of the relationship between consumption of oxygen and production of lactic acid in muscles.