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Definition of Huxley

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

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

3. Noun. English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895).

Definition of Huxley

1. Proper noun. (surname A=An English habitational from=Old English dot=) from a place in Cheshire. ¹

2. Proper noun. Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist. ¹

3. Proper noun. Aldous Leonard Huxley, English writer. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Huxley

Hutchinson-Gilford disease Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome Hutchinsonian Hutchinsonians Hutchison Hutchison syndrome Hutson Hutt Hutterite Hutterites

Hutton Huttonian Hutu Huws Huxleian Huxley (current term) Huxley's layer Huxley's membrane Huxley's sheath Huxleyan

Huya Huygenian eyepiece Huygens Huygens' ocular Huygens' principle Huygens' principle of superposition Huyghenian Hwang Ho Hx Hyacinth

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