Definition of Medawar

1. Noun. British immunologist (born in Brazil) who studied tissue transplants and discovered that the rejection of grafts was an immune response (1915-1987).

Exact synonyms: Peter Medawar, Sir Peter Brian Medawar
Generic synonyms: Immunologist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Medawar

Meckel syndrome
Meckelian
Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Meclomen
Meconopsis
Meconopsis betonicifolia
Meconopsis cambrica
Mecoptera
MedDRA
MedDRAs
Medaille Militaire
Medak
Medal of Honor
Medan
Medawar
Mede
Medea
Medean
Medellin
Medellin cartel
Medellín
Medes
Medford
Medgar Evers
Medgar Wiley Evers
Media
MediaWiki
Mediaeval Greek
Mediaeval Latin

Literary usage of Medawar

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"medawar has called the scientific paper a fraud because it pretends that conclusions are reached in the orderly and inductive way in which they are reported ..."

2. Emil Von Behring: Infectious Disease, Immunology, Serum Therapy by Derek S. Linton (2005)
"Peter medawar, "JBS," in The Strange Case of the Spotted Mice and Other Classic Essays on Science (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996), p. 86. ..."

3. The Law of Innkeepers and Hotels: Including Other Public Houses, Theatres by Joseph Henry Beale (1906)
"Loughran, 112 Ga. 837, 38 SE 82 (discovered that guest left door unlocked and yet did not lock it). medawar v. Grand Hotel Co. (1891), 2 QB 11, ..."

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