| Ehrlich (âr'lĭk) Pronunciation Key
German bacteriologist who was a pioneer in the study of the blood and the immune system, and in the development of drugs to fight specific disease-causing agents. He discovered a compound that was effective in combating sleeping sickness as well as a drug, called salvarsan, that cured syphilis. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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