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MAURICE WILKINS
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• MAURICE WILKINS (noun)
The noun MAURICE WILKINS has 1 sense:
1. English biochemist who helped discover the structure of DNA (1916-2004)
Familiarity information: MAURICE WILKINS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English biochemist who helped discover the structure of DNA (1916-2004)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins; Maurice Wilkins; Wilkins
Instance hypernyms:
biochemist (someone with special training in biochemistry)
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