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nouna biologist specializing in physiologytype of:
Definition that contains physiologist
- best Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)
- adrian English physiologist who conducted research into the function of neurons; 1st baron of Cambridge (1889-1997)
- bernard French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878)
- muller German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858)
- huxley English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)
- weber German physiologist who studied sensory responses to stimuli and is considered the father of psychophysics (1795-1878)
- pavlov Russian physiologist who observed conditioned salivary responses in dogs (1849-1936)
- hess Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973)
- macleod Scottish physiologist who directed the research by F. G. Banting and C. H. Best that led to the discovery of insulin (1876-1935)
- haldane Scottish physiologist and brother of Richard Haldane and Elizabeth Haldane; noted for research into industrial diseases (1860-1936)