Warburg

[ vahr-boork; English wawr-burg ]

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noun

Ot·to Hein·rich [awt, -oh , hahyn, -, r, i, kh], 1883–1970, German physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1931.

Warburg

/ ˈvɑrbʊrk /

WarburgOtto (Heinrich)18831970MGermanSCIENCE: chemistSCIENCE: physiologist Otto ( Heinrich ) (ˈoto). 1883–1970, German biochemist and physiologist: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1931) for his work on respiratory enzymes

Called the Warburg effect, this metabolic process has been studied extensively in cancer cells, but its function remained unclear.

A spokesperson for the bank declined to comment, as did representatives from Warburg, Neiman Marcus, and TPG.

He recently completed a biography of the banker Siegmund Warburg and is now working on the life of Henry Kissinger.

As for Deppe's young protge, Fannie Warburg, whom he has formed completely, everybody says that she is wonderful.

In the desert, far removed from medical aid, he obtained much relief from the use of Warburg's Tincture.

Glycerol in various percentages in 2.9 percent sodium citrate dihydrate solution was placed in the sidearm of the Warburg flasks.

Among them was Eugne Warburg, who went to Italy and distinguished himself as a sculptor.

My men heard of a man escaping from Warburg, and I thought you were the man.

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