war-burg

War·burg

[vahr-boork; English wawr-burg]
noun
Ot·to Hein·rich [awt-oh hahyn-rikh] , 1883–1970, German physiologist: Nobel prize for medicine 1931.
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Warburg (German ˈvɑrbʊrk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Otto (Heinrich) (ˈoto). 1883--1970, German biochemist and physiologist: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1931) for his work on respiratory enzymes

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Warburg War·burg (wôr'bərg, vär'b&oobreve;rk'), Otto Heinrich. 1883-1970.

German biochemist. He won a 1931 Nobel Prize for research on the respiration of cells.

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