al claude

Claude

[klawd; French klohd]
noun
1.
Albert, 1899–1983, U.S. biologist, born in Belgium: Nobel prize for medicine 1974.
2.
Also, Claud. a male given name: from a Roman family name meaning “lame.”
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Claude (klɔːd, French klod) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Albert. 1898--1983, US cell biologist, born in Belgium: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1974) for work on microsomes and mitochondria

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Claude (klōd), Albert. 1899-1983.

Belgian-born American biologist who was among the first to use the electron microscope for biological research. He shared a 1974 Nobel Prize for developing methods of separating and analyzing cell components.

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