ANDREW FIELDING HUXLEY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)

Synonyms:

Andrew Fielding Huxley; Andrew Huxley; Huxley

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

physiologist (a biologist specializing in physiology)

Credits