< /ˈhæl ɪt/, 1875–1968, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1936.
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- the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- the consonant sound represented by this letter.
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- the Dales (sometimes not capital) short for the Yorkshire Dales
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- a strong working breed of pony, originating from Yorkshire and Durham
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- an open valley, usually in an area of low hills
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- Sir Henry Hallet. 1875–1968, English physiologist: shared a Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1936 with Otto Loewi for their work on the chemical transmission of nerve impulses
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- the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ד), transliterated as d or, when final, dh
Old English dæl “dale, valley, gorge,” from Proto-Germanic *dalan “valley” (cf. Old Saxon, Dutch, Gothic dal, Old Norse dalr, Old High German tal, German Tal “valley”), from PIE *dhel- “a hollow” (cf. Old Church Slavonic dolu “pit,” Russian dol “valley”). Preserved from extinction by Norse influence in north of England.
- British physiologist. He shared a 1936 Nobel Prize for work on the chemical transmission of nerve impulses, particularly for the isolation and study of acetylcholine (1914).
- British physiologist who discovered acetylcholine and, with Otto Loewi, investigated the chemical transmission of nerve impulses. For this work they shared the 1936 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.