Harvey

[ hahr-vee ]

noun

1. William, 1578–1657, English physician: discoverer of the circulation of the blood.
2. a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
3. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “army” and “battle.”

Harvey

/ ˈhɑːvɪ /

noun

1. HarveyWilliam15781657MEnglishMEDICINE: physician William. 1578–1657, English physician who discovered the mechanism of blood circulation, expounded in On the motion of the heart (1628)

Harvey

/ här′vē /

1. English physician and physiologist who in 1628 demonstrated the function of the heart and the circulation of blood throughout the human body.

Biography

In the second century ce , the Greek physician Galen theorized that blood is created in the liver, passes once through the heart, and is then absorbed by bodily tissues. Galen's ideas were widely accepted in European medicine until 1628, when William Harvey published a book describing the circulation of blood throughout the body. Through his observations of human and animal dissections, Harvey saw that blood flows from one side of the heart to the other and that it flows through the lungs and returns to the heart to be pumped elsewhere. There was one missing part of the cycle: How did the blood pumped to distant body tissues get into the veins to be carried back to the heart? As an answer, Harvey offered his own, unproven theory, one that has since been shown to be true: blood passes from small, outlying arteries through tiny vessels called capillaries into the outlying veins. Harvey's views were so controversial at the time that many of his patients left his care, but his work became the basis for all modern research on the heart and blood vessels.

Example Sentences

The majority of homes damaged by Harvey were outside of designated floodplains.

From Washington Post

Paul Fry allowed Harvey’s final two runs to score in the sixth, and Shawn Armstrong allowed a run on Tate’s account to score before one of his own.

From Washington Post

The total price tag could soar to close to $300 billion, according to one estimate, making it twice as costly as Hurricanes Harvey and Katrina.

From TIme

What’s most impressive is that Jordan and Harvey didn’t feel the pressure to overshare about their budding relationship, even if folks already had their suspicions.

From Essence.com

“I tried to hold my ground to be honest, but when people are using chemicals, you know, it’s hard to,” Harvey said.

From ProPublica

The latest novel from Samantha Harvey is truly superb, but left its reviewer at a loss for how to describe it.

From The Daily Beast

Sanders stepped in legal hot water, however, when the company auctioned off the original coffin of Lee Harvey Oswald in late 2010.

From The Daily Beast

Anyone who watches Milk is bound to be moved by the injustice suffered by the gay community and the courage of Harvey Milk.

From The Daily Beast

Although you did cover some PJ Harvey songs in Strange Days.

From The Daily Beast

It was Kathryn Bigelow who directed that, and she is who hipped me to PJ Harvey.

From The Daily Beast

"Warn the men, and arrange tanks and chutes accordingly; for Harvey Cheyne is in a hurry, a hurry—hurry," sang the wires.

From Project Gutenberg

Harvey Cheyne's wife, she was sick back, an' we did n't want to jounce her.

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Thomas Harvey, a distinguished officer in the British navy, died at Bermuda, aged 65.

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Hayle Harbour was a branch of it, and he now suggested to Mr. Henry Harvey methods for deepening and improving it.

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William Harvey, an English physician, died; celebrated as the discoverer of the circulation of the blood.

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