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HUXLEY

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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)
   Synonyms: Huxley, Andrew Huxley, Andrew Fielding Huxley
   
   
2. [noun] English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963)
   Synonyms: Huxley, Aldous Huxley, Aldous Leonard Huxley
   
   
3. [noun] English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895)
   Synonyms: Huxley, Thomas Huxley, Thomas Henry Huxley
   
   

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