Sanger

[ sang-er ]

noun
  1. Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1958, 1980.

  2. Mar·ga·ret (Louise) Hig·gins [mahr-guh-rit hig-inz], /ˈmɑr gə rɪt ˈhɪg ɪnz/, 1883–1966, U.S. nurse and author: pioneering activist for legal, safe, and accessible birth control.

  1. a town in central California.

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How to use Sanger in a sentence

  • Sam was heavier and stronger than Yan, but Yan had gained wonderfully since coming to Sanger.

    Two Little Savages | Ernest Thompson Seton
  • A thousand dollars in Sanger was like one hundred thousand dollars in a big city.

    Two Little Savages | Ernest Thompson Seton
  • They proposed to take the whole Sanger camp, but in a hand-to-hand fight of both tribes it was another draw.

    Two Little Savages | Ernest Thompson Seton
  • This swamp was a wild tract, ten miles by thirty, that lay a dozen miles north of Sanger.

    Two Little Savages | Ernest Thompson Seton
  • For this was Sanger, where small gatherings held the same place as the club, theatre and newspaper do in the lives of city folk.

    Two Little Savages | Ernest Thompson Seton

British Dictionary definitions for sanger (1 of 2)

sanger

/ (ˈsæŋə) /


noun
  1. Australian slang a sandwich: Also called: sango

British Dictionary definitions for Sanger (2 of 2)

Sanger

/ (ˈsæŋə) /


noun
  1. Frederick. born 1918, English biochemist, who determined the molecular structure of insulin: awarded two Nobel prizes for chemistry (1958; 1980)

  2. Margaret (Higgins). 1883–1966, US leader of the birth-control movement

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Scientific definitions for Sanger

Sanger

[ săngər ]


  1. British biochemist who determined the order of amino acids in the insulin molecule, thereby making it possible to manufacture synthetic insulin. For this work, he received the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1958. In 1980 Sanger received another Nobel Prize for chemistry (jointly with American molecular biologists Paul Berg and Walter Gilbert) for his development of methods for mapping the structure and function of DNA.

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