Definition of Peyton Rous

1. Noun. United States pathologist who discovered viruses that cause tumors (1879-1970).

Exact synonyms: Francis Peyton Rous, Rous
Generic synonyms: Diagnostician, Pathologist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peyton Rous

Pette-Doring disease
Petteria
Petteria ramentacea
Petty Bag
Petunia axillaris
Petunia hybrida
Petunia integrifolia
Peugeot
Peugeots
Peul
Peutz's syndrome
Pew
Peyer's patches
Peyton
Peyton Rous (current term)
Pez
Peziza coccinea
Peziza domicilina
Pezizaceae
Pezizales
Pezophaps
Pezophaps solitaria
Pezzer catheter
PfKIN protein kinase
Pfaffian
Pfaffians
Pfalz
Pfannenstiel's incision
Pfaundler-Hurler syndrome

Literary usage of Peyton Rous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1912)
"BY Peyton Rous, MD (Read April 19, 1912.} The behavior of malignant tumors has stimulated many hypotheses as regards their causation and yet in some of its ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"W. Richards, FK Richtmyer, Peyton Rous, HN Russell, Frank Schlesinger, Geo. Otis Smith, J. Stieglitz, Chas. R. Stockard, EL Thorndike, AM Tozzer, ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"The Fate of Embryo Grafted into the Mother," Peyton Rous. " The Behavior of Implanted Mixtures of Tumor and Embryo," Peyton Rous. ..."

4. The Mortality from Cancer Throughout the World by Frederick Ludwig Hoffman (1916)
"... the relation of diet to cancer frequency under experimental conditions, see the paper on "The Rate of Tumor Growth in Under-Fed Hosts," by Peyton Rous, ..."

5. Meningococcus Meningitis by Henry Heiman, Samuel Feldstein (1913)
"According to Peyton-Rous, the average protein content is 0.3 gram per litre, ... Kronig finds it to vary from 120 to 180 millimetres, whereas Peyton-Rous ..."

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