Rous

Rous [rous, roos] Examples noun

1. (Francis) Peyton,1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.

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Come and warm yerself Mrs. Rous, you’re lookin’ as white as the snow, you are.

Strife (First Series Plays)

John Galsworthy

Panshanger was full to the brim of vice and agreeableness, foreigners and rous.

Miss Eden’s Letters

Emily Eden

Richardson came to terms with this Rous, whom he employed as a spy.

Montreal 1535-1914, Volume II (of 2)

William Henry Atherton

McLean, hung for treason, is particularly intimate with Rous.

Montreal 1535-1914, Volume II (of 2)

William Henry Atherton

The rous of those days preferred to have their petites maisons in the faubourgs, or in the country—altogether outside the city.

The Bath Keepers, v.2 (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume VIII)

Charles Paul de Kock

rous in Medicine Rous [rous]Francis Peyton 1879-1970

1. American pathologist. He shared a 1966 Nobel Prize for his discovery of tumor-producing viruses.

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