GREGORY PINCUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967)

Synonyms:

Gregory Goodwin Pincus; Gregory Pincus; Pincus

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

physiologist (a biologist specializing in physiology)

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