1. British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968); [syn: Florey, Howard Florey, Sir Howard Walter Florey]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Florey
n 1: British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin,
which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming
(1898-1968) [syn: Florey, Howard Florey, Sir Howard
Walter Florey]