Hodgkin
n 1: English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease
(1798-1866) [syn: {Hodgkin}, {Thomas Hodgkin}]
2: English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to
study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994) [syn:
{Hodgkin}, {Dorothy Hodgkin}, {Dorothy Mary Crowfoot
Hodgkin}]
3: English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the
role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the
nerve impulse (1914-1998) [syn: {Hodgkin}, {Alan Hodgkin},
{Sir Alan Hodgkin}, {Alan Lloyd Hodgkin}]