ilya ilyich mechnikov

< /French eɪˈli/, Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, 1845–1916, Russian zoologist and bacteriologist in France: Nobel Prize in medicine 1908.

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1. Élie (eli). 1845–1916, Russian bacteriologist in France. He formulated the theory of phagocytosis and shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1908

1. Russian zoologist. He shared a 1908 Nobel Prize for the discovery of phagocytes and their role in the immune system.