Definition of Elie Metchnikoff

1. Noun. Russian bacteriologist in France who formulated the theory of phagocytosis (1845-1916).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Elie Metchnikoff

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Elfdalian
Elfenland
Elfland
Elfreda
Elgan
Elgar
Elgin Marbles
Elginism
Eli
Eli Whitney
Elia
Elias
Elias Canetti
Elias Howe
Elie Metchnikoff (current term)
Elie Metchnikov
Elie Wiesel
Eliel
Eliel Saarinen
Eliezer
Eliezer Wiesel
Elihu Thomson
Elihu Yale
Elijah
Elijah Muhammad
Eliniko
Elinikon
Elinor
Elinor Morton Hoyt Wylie

Literary usage of Elie Metchnikoff

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

1. With Master Minds: Interviews by Herman Bernstein (1913)
"... Elie Metchnikoff IT was at the dinner table of Count Sergius Witte, during my recent visit to St. Petersburg, that I learned that Elie Metchnikoff, ..."

2. Public sanitation, and other papers by Clement Adelbert Whiting (1916)
"Elie Metchnikoff. Each age has its own standard of greatness, ... Elie Metchnikoff was born in Southern Russia in 1845 and he is consequently 67 years of ..."

3. Sex Searchlights and Sane Sex Ethics: An Anthology of Sex Knowledge by Lee Alexander Stone (1922)
"... of these ranging from 1 month to 3 years. Of the 18 cases, 9 died when less than 6 months old. THE LATE Elie Metchnikoff '(1845-1916) Russian scientist ..."

4. An Introduction to the History of Medicine: With Medical Chronology by Fielding Hudson Garrison (1914)
"... he showed that the higher apes can be inoculated with syphilis (1903-04),2 and his Elie Metchnikoff ( 1845- ). theories of the effect of lactic acid on ..."

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