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Voronoff

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[vawr-uh-nawf, -nof, vaw-raw-nawf, vaw-ruh-nuhf] / ˈvɔr əˌnɔf, -ˌnɒf, vɔ rɔˈnɔf, ˈvɔ rə nəf /

noun

  1. Serge 1866–1951, Russian physician.


Example Sentences

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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 • Mar. 17, 2022

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 • Feb. 14, 2022

One summer day in 1925 dexterous Dr. Serge Voronoff had on his operating table a frail, weazened wisp of a woman.

From Time Magazine Archive

Voronoff, who promptly cabled from Monaco claiming it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Voronoff was the only person who would have stooped to steal water when water meant life, and the only person clever enough to accuse Craig of the crime he, himself, had committed.

From The Lost Warship by Williams, Robert Moore