Békésy

Békésy definition - medical

Bé·ké·sy (bāˈkā-shē), Georg von 1899-1972.

Hungarian-born American physiologist. He won a 1961 Nobel Prize for discoveries concerning the mechanisms of stimulation within the cochlea of the ear.

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