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WILLIS
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• WILLIS (noun)
The noun WILLIS has 1 sense:
1. English physician who was a pioneer in the study of the brain (1621-1675)
Familiarity information: WILLIS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English physician who was a pioneer in the study of the brain (1621-1675)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Thomas Willis; Willis
Instance hypernyms:
brain doctor; neurologist (a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it)
Context examples
One of the two arteries arising from the internal carotid artery and being part of the Circle of Willis.
(Anterior Cerebral Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
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