Loewi


[loh-ee; German lœ-vee] /ˈloʊ i; German ˈlœ vi/

noun
1.
Otto
[ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1961, German pharmacologist in the U.S.: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1936.
/ˈləʊɪ/
noun
1.
Otto. 1873–1961, US pharmacologist, born in Germany. He shared a Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1936) with Dale for their work on the chemical transmission of nerve impulses

Loewi Loe·wi (lō’ē, lɶ’vē), Otto. 1873-1961.

German-born American pharmacologist. He shared a 1936 Nobel Prize for work on the chemical transmission of nerve impulses.
Loewi
(lō’ē)
German pharmacologist who, with Sir Henry Dale, investigated the chemical transmissions of nerve impulses. For this work they shared the 1936 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

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