1. English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917); [syn: Huxley, Andrew Huxley, Andrew Fielding Huxley]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Andrew Huxley
n 1: English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the
role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of
the nerve impulse (born in 1917) [syn: Huxley, Andrew
Huxley, Andrew Fielding Huxley]