j.j.r. macleod

Mac·leod

[muh-kloud]
noun
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John James Rick·ard [rik-erd] , 1876–1935, Scottish physiologist: one of the discoverers of insulin; Nobel prize for medicine 1923.
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Macleod (məˈklaʊd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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John James Rickard. 1876--1935, Scottish physiologist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1923) with Banting for their part in discovering insulin

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Macleod Mac·leod (mə-kloud'), John James Rickard. 1876-1935.

British physiologist. He shared a 1923 Nobel Prize for the discovery and successful clinical application of insulin.

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