Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Huxley"
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Huxley
n 1: English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the
role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of
the nerve impulse (born in 1917) [syn: {Huxley}, {Andrew
Huxley}, {Andrew Fielding Huxley}]
2: English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered
mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled
utopia (1894-1963) [syn: {Huxley}, {Aldous Huxley}, {Aldous
Leonard Huxley}]
3: English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory
of evolution (1825-1895) [syn: {Huxley}, {Thomas Huxley},
{Thomas Henry Huxley}]
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