Houssay

[ oo-sahy ]

noun

1. Ber·nar·do Al·ber·to [be, r, -, nahr, -, th, aw ahl-, ver, -taw], 1887–1971, Argentine physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.

Example Sentences

He considers scientific research in his native Argentina to be part of a long tradition that started with Bernardo Houssay and Luis Leloir, twentieth-century Nobel laureates whose names now adorn avenues, museums and universities across the country.

From Scientific American

For example, Bernardo Houssay, who won the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, directed the Institute of Physiology at Buenos Aires University until 1943, when the government fired him for advocating for democracy; his protégé, Luis Leloir, won the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

From Nature

He considers scientific research in his native Argentina to be part of a long tradition that started with Bernardo Houssay and Luis Leloir, twentieth-century Nobel laureates whose names now adorn avenues, museums and universities across the country.

From Nature

Houssay won the 1947 prize in medicine for discovering the role of pituitary hormones in the metabolism of sugar�a breakthrough that played a significant part in the understanding and treatment of diabetes.

From Time Magazine Archive

To the embarrassment of Argentine Dictator Juan Per�n, Houssay was awarded the prize shortly after being fired from his post at the University of Buenos Aires for signing a pro-democratic manifesto.

From Time Magazine Archive