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Ta⋅tum

[tey-tuhm]
–noun
1. Art, 1910–56, U.S. jazz pianist.
2. Edward Law⋅rie [lawr-ee] , 1909–75, U.S. biochemist: Nobel prize for medicine 1958.
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Ta·tum   (tā'təm)   
American jazz pianist whose harmonic and rhythmic innovations influenced many other jazz musicians.
Tatum, Edward Lawrie 1909-1975.  
American biochemist. He shared a 1958 Nobel Prize for discovering how genes transmit hereditary characteristics.
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Tatum Ta·tum (tā'təm), Edward Lawrie. 1909-1975.

American biochemist. Through his genetic research with bacteria, he showed how genes transmit hereditary characteristics and shared a 1958 Nobel Prize for his discoveries.

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