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Metchnikoff

noun
1.
Russian bacteriologist in France who formulated the theory of phagocytosis (1845-1916).  Synonyms: Elie Metchnikoff, Elie Metchnikov, Ilya Ilich Metchnikov, Metchnikov.






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... of the men who form the regular staff of the Pasteur Institute only a few words need be said here. Doctors Roux, Grancher, Metchnikoff, and Chamberland all had the privilege of sharing Pasteur's labors during the later years of the master's life, and each of them is a worthy follower of the beloved leader and at the same time a brilliant original investigator.*1* Roux is known everywhere in connection with the serum ...
— A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) - Aspects Of Recent Science • Henry Smith Williams

... what grates me," said Stroganoff. "I am far from all these worth-while things, these men of brain. I knew Ilya Ilich Metchnikoff before he became director of the Pasteur Institute. Here I am a rotting hulk. In the Caucasus I had kephir, and I used to carry kephir grains, and in America I, at least, could have kumiss or Ilya Ilich's lait caille. Look! I came here as Ponce ...
— Mystic Isles of the South Seas. • Frederick O'Brien



Words linked to "Metchnikoff" :   Ilya Ilich Metchnikov, Elie Metchnikov, bacteriologist, Metchnikov, Elie Metchnikoff



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