Medawar

[ med-uh-wer ]

noun

1. Peter Brian, 1915–87, English zoologist and anatomist, born in Brazil: Nobel Prize in medicine 1960.

Medawar

/ ˈmɛdəwə /

noun

1. MedawarSir Peter Brian19151987MEnglishSCIENCE: zoologist Sir Peter Brian. 1915–87, English zoologist, who shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1960) with Sir Macfarlane Burnet for work on immunology

Example Sentences

But Medawar, who died in 1987, gave up his Brazilian citizenship as an adolescent.

From Reuters

The fetus, Dr. Medawar argued, is like a semiforeign transplant because half of its genes come from the father.

From New York Times

The American biologist George C. Williams elaborated on Medawar’s ideas, adding that some genes may be beneficial in youth but detrimental later on, when selection would overlook their disadvantages.

From New York Times

Yet this collection of 23 radio scripts, edited with scholarly annotation by Tony Medawar and Douglas Greene, is nearly as much fun just to read.

From Washington Post

“He thought the officers were going to shoot him. He said, ‘The officers showed a lot of restraint,’ ” Medawar said.

From Washington Post