Creador
Edward Calvin Kendall (1886-1972)
Químico estadounidense Premio Nobel de Medicina 1950
Palabras acuñadas por este creador:
Total de palabras: 2
| Palabra | Información |
|---|---|
| cortisona (cortisone) | 1949 |
| tiroxina (thyroxin) | 1918 |
cortisona . 1949. N.Y. Times 1 June 33/8 (OED)
Texto de la acuñación de cortisone
Texto de la acuñación de cortisone
"The hormone‥was named yesterday by its discoverer, Dr. Edward C. Kendall‥as ‘cortisone’, an abbreviation of its long chemical name, 17-hydroxy-11 dehydrocortico-sterone" (OED).
tiroxina . 1918. Endocrinology II. 90 (OED)
Texto de la acuñación de thyroxin
Texto de la acuñación de thyroxin
"It appeared desirable to emphasize the presence of the oxy-indol nucleus and it appeared equally desirable not to emphasize the presence of iodin. The substance was therefore named ‘Thyro-oxy-indol’, which has been shortened to ‘thyroxin’ for every-day reference to the substance" (OED).
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