Joliot-Curie

Joliot-Curie definition - medical

Jo·liot-Cu·rie (zhô-lyōˌkyo͝orˈē, -kyo͝o-rēˈ, -kü-), Irène 1897-1956.

French physicist. She shared a 1935 Nobel Prize with her husband, Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900-1958), for synthesizing new radioactive elements.

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