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Noun: Loewi  low-ee
  1. United States pharmacologist (born in Germany) who was the first to show that acetylcholine is produced at the junction between a parasympathetic nerve and a muscle (1873-1961)
    - Otto Loewi

Type of: pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacologist

Encyclopedia: Loewi, Otto