Metchnikoff

American  

[mech-ni-kawf, -kof, myech-nyi-kuhf] / ˌmɛtʃ nɪˈkɔf, -ˌkɒf, ˈmyɛtʃ nyɪ kəf /

noun

1. Élie Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, 1845–1916, Russian zoologist and bacteriologist in France: Nobel Prize in medicine 1908.

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Metchnikoff British  

/ ˈmjetʃnikəf, mɛtʃnikɔf /

noun

1. Élie (eli). 1845–1916, Russian bacteriologist in France. He formulated the theory of phagocytosis and shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1908

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Example Sentences

Through these harrowing accounts, Richtel interweaves the research history — a relay race involving immunologists Élie Metchnikoff, Peter Medawar and Anthony Fauci, among others.

From Nature • Mar. 12, 2019

The listing of dead longevity scientists should have included Dr. Elie Metchnikoff, 1908 Nobel Prize winner in immunology.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2018

The listing of dead longevity scientists should have included Dr. Elie Metchnikoff, 1908 Nobel Prize winner in immunology.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2018

Acidophilus bacilli are the germs which the late great Russian Biologist Elie Metchnikoff recommended as an aid to digestion and longevity.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of the first to envision such use of microorganisms was the 19th-century zoologist Elie Metchnikoff.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson