Huxley (n.)

  1. English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)

    [ Syn: huxley , andrew huxley , andrew fielding huxley ]

  2. English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963)

    [ Syn: huxley , aldous huxley , aldous leonard huxley ]

  3. English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwins theory of evolution (1825-1895)

    [ Syn: huxley , thomas huxley , thomas henry huxley ]

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