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Warburg

[ vahr-boork; 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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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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Medical 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.
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