Warburg

[ vahr-boo rk; English wawr-burg ]

/ ˈvɑrˌbʊərk; English ˈwɔr bɜrg /

noun

Ot·to Hein·rich

[awt-oh hahyn-rikh] /ˈɔt oʊ ˈhaɪn rɪx/, 1883–1970, German physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1931.

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Warburg, the Hamburg banker, is attached to the German legation in Stockholm.
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British Dictionary definitions for warburg

Warburg

/ (German ˈvɑrbʊrk) /

noun

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

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Medicine definitions for warburg

Warburg

[ wôr′bərg, vär′burk′ ]

Otto Heinrich 1883-1970

German biochemist. He won a 1931 Nobel Prize for research on the respiration of cells.