william harvey

1. 1.

   English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657)

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What does william harvey mean?

william harvey means "English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657)".

What is another word for william harvey?

Close synonyms include Harvey. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is william harvey a common word?

william harvey is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.