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DOROTHY HODGKIN
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• DOROTHY HODGKIN (noun)
The noun DOROTHY HODGKIN has 1 sense:
1. English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994)
Familiarity information: DOROTHY HODGKIN used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Dorothy Hodgkin; Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin; Hodgkin
Instance hypernyms:
chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
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