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Harvey

(här′vē)

noun

a masculine name

Origin: Fr Hervé < OHG Herewig, lit., army battle < Gmc *harja, army (> OE here: see harry) + *wig-, fight, akin to OE wig < IE base *weik- > L vincere, conquer

Harvey, William 1578-1657; Eng. physician: discovered the circulation of the blood

See Harvey in American Heritage Dictionary 4

English physician, anatomist, and physiologist who discovered the circulation of blood in the human body (1628).

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