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Char⋅cot

[shar-koh]
–noun
1. Jean Bap⋅tiste É⋅tienne Au⋅guste [zhahn ba-teest ey-tyen oh-gyst] , 1867–1936, French explorer.
2. his father, Jean Mar⋅tin [zhahn mar-tan] , 1825–93, French neuropathologist.
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Char·cot   (shär-kō')   
French explorer who led two missions to the Antarctic (1903-1905 and 1908-1910). He died when the Pourquoi Pas? sank off Iceland.
Charcot, Jean Martin 1825-1893.  
French neurologist known for his research into diseases of the nervous system. Sigmund Freud was one of his pupils.
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Charcot Char·cot (shär-kō'), Jean Martin. 1825-1893.

French neurologist. A teacher of Sigmund Freud and Alfred Binet, he is known for his investigations of nervous diseases, his work on hysteria, and his studies of hypnotism.

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