nnoun.personEnglish physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)Synset:Andrew Fielding Huxley Andrew Huxley Huxley
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nnoun.personEnglish writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963)Synset:Aldous Huxley Aldous Leonard Huxley Huxley
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nnoun.personEnglish biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895)Synset:Huxley Thomas Henry Huxley Thomas Huxley
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