Definition of Peter 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: Medawar, Sir Peter Brian Medawar
Generic synonyms: Immunologist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peter Medawar

Pete Seeger
Peter's gland
Peter's pence
Peter Abelard
Peter Alexander Ustinov
Peter Behrens
Peter Carl Faberge
Peter Carl Goldmark
Peter Cooper
Peter Goldmark
Peter I
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
Peter Lorre
Peter Mark Roget
Peter Medawar
Peter Minnewit
Peter Minuit
Peter O'Toole
Peter Pan
Peter Pan collar
Peter Pan syndrome
Peter Pans
Peter Paul Mauser
Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Seamus O'Toole
Peter Seeger
Peter Sellers
Peter Stuyvesant
Peter Tchaikovsky

Literary usage of Peter medawar

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

1. Emil Von Behring: Infectious Disease, Immunology, Serum Therapy by Derek S. Linton (2005)
"Nonetheless, I hope that there is enough intrinsic interest in this research and thought that this biography escapes the stricture of peter medawar that ..."

2. Emil Von Behring: Infectious Disease, Immunology, Serum Therapy by Derek S. Linton (2005)
"Nonetheless, I hope that there is enough intrinsic interest in this research and thought that this biography escapes the stricture of peter medawar that ..."

3. Health Care Technology And Its Assessment In Eight Countries edited by H. David Banta (2004)
"A great step forward was made through the work of peter medawar, an Oxford zoologist who studied the immune response and found ways to manipulate it and ..."

4. End The Biggest Educational And Intellectual Blunder In History: A $100,000 by Norman W. Edmund (2005)
"Sir peter medawar in Advice to Young Scientists (1979): The important thing is not to try to lay down some voluminous smoke screen to conceal a blunder. ..."

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