SIR PATRICK MANSON

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• SIR PATRICK MANSON (noun)
  The noun SIR PATRICK MANSON has 1 sense:

1. Scottish physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitos and suggested that mosquitos also spread malaria (1844-1922)

  Familiarity information: SIR PATRICK MANSON used as a noun is very rare.

• SIR PATRICK MANSON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Scottish physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitos and suggested that mosquitos also spread malaria (1844-1922)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Manson; Sir Patrick Manson

Instance hypernyms:

doc; doctor; Dr.; MD; medico; physician (a licensed medical practitioner)