Definition of Burker

1. one that burkes [n -S] - See also: burkes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Burker

burieth
burimamide
burin
burinist
burinists
burins
burion
buriti
buritis
burka
burkaed
burkas
burked
burked(p)
burkeite
burker (current term)
burkers
burkes
burkholderia
burkholderia cepacia
burkholderia infections
burkholderia pseudomallei
burkina faso
burkinabes
burking
burkini
burkinis
burkite
burkites
burkitt lymphoma

Literary usage of Burker

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

1. The Mysteries of the Court of London by George William MacArthur Reynolds (1856)
"Like a enake ready to dart from its coil, was the burker prepared to >pring : but whether it were that be made some •light movement, or tbat be suddenly ..."

2. Cheshire Notes and Queries (1889)
"The wily octor did not wish to enter into any conversation or explanation with the "burker," or seem negligent with his patient« by leaving them to attend ..."

3. Physiological chemistry: A Text-book and Manual for Students by Albert Prescott Mathews (1916)
"burker: Apparatus for determining time of coagulation. Arch. fd gea. ... burker: Blood platelets and coagulation. Arch. fd ges. Physiol., 102, pp. ..."

4. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry by Olof Hammarsten (1911)
"Great importance has also been ascribed to the blood-plates in coagulation, as certain investigators (BIZZOZERO, LILIENFELD, SCHWALBE, MORAWITZ, burker) ..."

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