Egas Moniz

Egas Moniz definition - medical

E·gas Mo·niz (ĕ-gäsˈ mô-nēshˈ), Antonio de 1874-1955.

Portuguese neurologist. He shared a Nobel Prize (1949) for advances in brain surgery.

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