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sir howard walter florey

 

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Noun sir howard walter florey has 1 sense
  1. Florey, Howard Florey, Sir Howard Walter Florey - British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968)
    --1 is a kind of diagnostician, pathologist

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Sir Howard Walter Florey

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Sir Howard Walter Florey was an Australian pathologist and pharmacologist who is best known for his role in the development and production of penicillin. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 for his groundbreaking work on this antibiotic.

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Noun:

1. Sir Howard Walter Florey - Referring to the individual himself.

Example Sentence: Sir Howard Walter Florey was a pioneer in the field of antibiotics.

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