Voronoff

[ vawr-uh-nawf, -nof; French vaw-raw-nawf; Russian vaw-ruh-nuhf ]

noun

1. Serge [se, r, zh], 1866–1951, Russian physician.

Example Sentences

The story, which finds its villain in the infamous surgeon Serge Voronoff, sees history as part truth and part perpetuated artifice we have collectively believed, though often reality turns out even more unbelievable.

From Los Angeles Times

The body’s protestations didn’t deter the infamous France-based surgeon Serge Voronoff from carrying out his “monkey gland experiments” in the 1920s, which consisted of implanting slices of chimpanzee or baboon testicles into their human counterparts.

From Slate

They passed Surski and Lokhanny; a lucky wave threw them over the Voronoff bar; the boats grated a little on the Knyaji and Streletski, but they were scratched, not broken.

From Project Gutenberg

Voronoff stalked out in a dudgeon, swore he would never attend another meeting where Dr. Carlson was present.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the International Physiological Congress in Stockholm, some 15 years ago, Monkey-Gland Specialist Serge Voronoff presented a paper on rejuvenation.

From Time Magazine Archive