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loewi

/ˈloʊ.i/

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noun

/ˈloʊ.i/formalmedical
  • ruИмя собственное, относящееся к Отто Лёви, американскому фармакологу немецкого происхождения, который продемонстрировал, что ацетилхолин высвобождается в месте соединения парасимпатического нерва и мышцы.

A proper noun referring to Otto Loewi, a German-born American pharmacologist who demonstrated that acetylcholine is released at the junction between a parasympathetic nerve and a muscle.

uncountable · proper noun

  1. Otto LoewiC2formal

    A German-born American pharmacologist who demonstrated that acetylcholine is released at the junction between a parasympathetic nerve and a muscle, a key discovery in neuroscience.

    ruОтто Лёви

    • Otto Loewi won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936 for his work on chemical neurotransmission.
    • Loewi's experiment with frog hearts proved that nerves communicate via chemical substances.
    • The discovery by Loewi laid the foundation for modern neuropharmacology.