1. British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979); [syn: Chain, Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Ernst Boris Chain
n 1: British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and
purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by
Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979) [syn: Chain, Ernst
Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain]