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dick, george frederick

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Dick   (dĭk)   
American medical researcher who teamed with his wife, Gladys Henry Dick (1881-1963), to isolate the germ that causes scarlet fever. They developed a serum for the disease (1923) and the Dick test for susceptibility (1924).
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Dick   (dĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
American medical researcher who collaborated with his wife, Gladys Henry Dick (1881-1963), to isolate the bacterium that causes scarlet fever. They developed a serum for the disease in 1923.
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Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
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