Loewi

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈləʊɪ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(lō′ē; Ger. lœ′vē)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Loe•wi  (lō′ē; Ger. lœ′vē),USA pronunciation n. 
    Ot•to  (ot′ō; Ger. ôt′ō),USA pronunciation 1873–1961, German pharmacologist in the U.S.: Nobel prize for medicine 1936.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Loewi /ˈləʊɪ/ n
  1. Otto. 1873–1961, US pharmacologist, born in Germany. He shared a Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1936) with Dale for their work on the chemical transmission of nerve impulses
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