Metchnikoff

(mec̸h′ni kôf′)

Metchnikoff, Élie (Russ. Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov) 1845-1916; Russ. biologist & bacteriologist, in France

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also Metch·ni·kov

Russian zoologist. He shared a 1908 Nobel Prize for discoveries and advances in immunology.

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