Definition of Florey

1. Noun. British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Florey

Flood's ligament
Flora
Florabama
Floreal
Florence
Florence Nightingale
Florence fennel
Florence fennels
Florence flask
Florence flasks
Florentine
Florentine iris
Florentines
Florenz Ziegfeld
Florey
Florey unit
Florianópolis
Florida
Florida anise
Florida arrowroot
Florida bean
Florida beans
Florida flambe
Florida flambes
Florida gallinule
Florida keys
Florida pompano
Florida room
Florida rooms

Literary usage of Florey

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

1. Vital Records of Marblehead, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 by Joseph Warren Chapman (1904)
"FLORENCE (see also Fleury, Florance, florey, Floury, Flowers, ... florey (see also Florence), David, and Eliz[a]b[eth] Owen, Sept. 26, 1745. c. R. 3. ..."

2. Anecdote Lives of Wits and Humourists by John Timbs (1872)
"REMOVAL TO COMBE florey. In 1829, through the kindness of Lord Lyndhurst, Mr. Smith was enabled to exchange Foston for the living of Combe florey, ..."

3. The Holland House Circle by Lloyd Charles Sanders (1908)
"CHAPTER XIV SYDNEY AND ROBERT SMITH Sydney Smith on Luttrell—Foston—Combe florey—As a social reformer—The timidity of the Whigs—" Peter ..."

4. Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and by Abraham Hayward (1873)
"... some pheasants that had confidently alighted in the little wood at Combe florey, was reproachfully reminded that lie might have prescribed for them. ..."

5. Society in the Country House by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (1907)
"... the omnibus driver—Quantock Lodge—Lord Westbury and Lord Selborne—Country Houses round Quantock Lodge— Sydney Smith at Combe florey—Enmore Castle and ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Florey on Dictionary.com!Search for Florey on Thesaurus.com!Search for Florey on Google!Search for Florey on Wikipedia!

Search