Roux


noun
1.
a cooked mixture of butter or other fat and flour used to thicken sauces, soups, etc.
noun (pl) roux
1.
a mixture of equal amounts of fat and flour, heated, blended, and used as a basis for sauces

Roux (rōō), Pierre Paul Émile. 1853-1933.

French bacteriologist. His work with the diphtheria bacillus led to the development of antitoxins to neutralize pathogenic toxins.

Roux , Wilhelm. 1850-1924.

German anatomist who is noted for his research on embryonic development.
Roux
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French bacteriologist who assisted Louis Pasteur on most of his major discoveries. Later, working with Alexandre Yersin, he showed that the symptoms of diphtheria are caused by a lethal toxin produced by the diphtheria bacillus. Roux carried out early work on the rabies vaccine and directed the first tests of the diphtheria antitoxin.

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