Hodg·kin /ˈhɑʤkɪn/
Hodgkin
n 1: English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease
(1798-1866) [syn: Thomas Hodgkin]
2: English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to
study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994) [syn:
Dorothy Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin]
3: English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the
role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of
the nerve impulse (born in 1914) [syn: Alan Hodgkin, Sir
Alan Lloyd Hodgkin]