Erlanger

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noun

1. Joseph, 1874–1965, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1944.
2. a city in N Kentucky.

Erlanger

/ ˈɜːlæŋə /

noun

1. ErlangerJoseph18741965MUSSCIENCE: physiologist Joseph. 1874–1965, US physiologist. He shared a Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1944) with Gasser for their work on the electrical signs of nervous activity

Example Sentences

In early 2023, McKenzie connected with Dr. Joani Jack, a pediatric obesity specialist at Children’s Hospital at Erlanger in Chattanooga, Tennessee, who regularly prescribes GLP-1 drugs for kids.

From Seattle Times

Steven Erlanger covered the 1979 Iranian Revolution and has written about its regional and nuclear policies for years.

From New York Times

My colleague Steven Erlanger explored his competing pressures.

From New York Times

The central Apennines in Italy prove to be a particularly suitable region for this study, as Erica Erlanger, first author of the study, explains: "This area is part of an active mountain range with closely spaced zones of thick, cold crust and thin, warm crust, allowing us to investigate the influence of subsurface activity. The climatic conditions as well as the topography and the rock types on the surface are similar throughout the area, so there should not be any large differences in weathering activity."

From Science Daily

"On this basis, we were able to calculate the quantities of CO2 released by weathering or from carbonates at depths, and the quantities of CO2 bound by weathered silicates," explains Erlanger.

From Science Daily