george huntington
n · noun
Simple meaning
An American physician who contributed a classic clinical description of the disease that bears his name—Huntington's disease.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
jawrjuhntihngtuhnSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈdʒɔɹdʒəntɪŋtən
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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n
April 91850 – March 31916
An American physician who contributed a classic clinical description of the disease that bears his name—Huntington's disease.
A physician, the namesake of Huntington's disease.
(August 24, 1796 Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut — November 19, 1866 Bath, Steuben County, New York) an American farmer and politician from New York.
25 August 1825 – 8 April 1905
An English high-church Anglican priest who was Rector of Tenby between 1867 and 1905.
noun
United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea
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This meaning: (April 9, 1850 – March 3, 1916) an American physician who contributed a classic clinical description of the disease that bears his name—Huntington's disease.
Used this way, george huntington is a specialist word with a faintly unfavourable edge. This is a clinical use: it belongs to medical description, where it is factual rather than emotive.
- Emotional tone
- Slightly negative
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Critical or judgemental
- Usage feel
- Clinical and detached
Where it naturally appears
- Medicine/healthcare
- Science
- Technical/specialist writing
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