Sutherland

[ suhth -er-luh nd ]
/ ˈsʌð ər lənd /

noun

Earl Wilbur, Jr.,1915–74, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1971.
George,1862–1942, U.S. politician and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1922–38.
Dame Joan,1926–2010, Australian soprano.
Also called Suth·er·land·shire [suhth -er-luh nd-sheer, -sher] /ˈsʌð ər ləndˌʃɪər, -ʃər/. a historic county in N Scotland.

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British Dictionary definitions for sutherland (1 of 2)

Sutherland1
/ (ˈsʌðələnd) /

noun

(until 1975) a county of N Scotland, now part of Highland

British Dictionary definitions for sutherland (2 of 2)

Sutherland2
/ (ˈsʌðələnd) /

noun

Graham. 1903–80, English artist, noted for his work as an official war artist (1941–44), for his tapestry Christ in Majesty (1962) in Coventry Cathedral, and for his portraits
Dame Joan, 1926–2010 known as La Stupenda. Australian operatic soprano
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Medical definitions for sutherland

Sutherland
[ sŭð′ər-lənd ]
Earl Wilbur, Jr 1915-1974

American physiologist. He won a 1971 Nobel Prize for showing that cyclic AMP within the cell is the agent that moderates the action of hormones.
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