Edgar adrian


edgar douglas, 1889–1977, english physiologist: n-bel prize in medicine 1932.
(gilbert) 1903–59, u.s. fashion and costume designer.
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a city in se michigan.
a male given name: from a latin word meaning “from hadria,” an ancient city in northern italy.
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edgar douglas, baron adrian. 1889–1977, english physiologist, noted particularly for his research into the function of neurons: shared with sherrington the n-bel prize for physiology and medicine 1932

masc. proper name, from latin adri-n-s/hadri-n-s, literally “of the adriatic” (see adriatic).

adrian a·dri·an (ā’drē-ən), edgar douglas. first baron adrian. 1889-1977.

british physiologist. he shared a 1932 n-bel prize for major advances in the understanding of the nervous and muscular systems and was one of the first to study electrical activity in the brain and nervous system.

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