welch
[ welch, welsh ]
/ wɛltʃ, wɛlʃ /
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verb (used without object) Informal.
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Welch
[ welch, welsh ]
/ wɛltʃ, wɛlʃ /
noun
James, 1940–2003, U.S. poet and novelist.
Joseph Nye, 1890–1960, U.S. trial lawyer.
Robert, Jr., 1899–1985, U.S. candy manufacturer: founder of the John Birch Society 1958.
William Henry, 1850–1934, U.S. medical pathologist and educator.
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Medical definitions for welch
Welch
[ wĕlch, wĕlsh ]
American pathologist and bacteriologist who discovered the bacteria that causes gas gangrene.
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