Huxley
noun
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Sense 1 noun
English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)
Types & categories
- physiologist instance hypernym
Sense 2 noun
English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963)
Types & categories
- author instance hypernym
Sense 3 noun
English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895)
Types & categories
- biologist instance hypernym
Related & opposite
- Huxleyan derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | physiologist |
| 2 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | author |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | Huxleyan |
| 3 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | biologist |