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FLOREY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968)
Synonyms:
Florey; Howard Florey; Sir Howard Walter Florey
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Instance hypernyms:
diagnostician; pathologist (a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis)