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Richet

[ri-shey; French ree-she]
noun
  1. Charles Ro·bert [sharl raw-ber] /ʃarl rɔˈbɛr/, 1850–1935, French physician: Nobel prize 1913.
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Historical Examples of richet

  • "Listen to what Richet says in confession of his perplexity," I called out, soothingly.

    The Shadow World

    Hamlin Garland

  • Miller faced them all stubbornly: "And yet even Richet may have been deceived."

    The Shadow World

    Hamlin Garland

  • We have our own observation, joined to the report of Crookes and Richet.

  • No one, save Professor Richet, knew of the foregoing details.

  • This is what Myers advisedthis is what Lodge and Richet advised.

richet in Medicine

Richet

(rĭ-shā′, rē-shĕ′)Charles Robert 1850-1935
  1. French physiologist. He won a 1913 Nobel Prize for the discovery of anaphylaxis.
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