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Noun: Sir Patrick Manson
  1. Scottish physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitos and suggested that mosquitos also spread malaria (1844-1922)
    - Manson

Type of: doc [informal], doctor, Dr., MD, medico [informal], physician

Encyclopedia: Sir Patrick Manson