Duve
[dy-vuh] /ˈdü və/
noun
1.
Christian René de
[krees-tyahn ruh-ney duh] /krisˈtyɑ̃ rəˈneɪ də/ (Show IPA), 1917–2013, Belgian biologist, born in England: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1974.
Duve Du·ve (dōō’və, dü’-), Christian Marie René Joseph de. Born 1917.
British-born Belgian physiologist. He shared a 1974 Nobel Prize for contributions to the understanding of the components of living cells.
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