See Also: Medawar, Sir Peter(dictionary)
Medawar, Sir Peter B(rian)(encyclopedia)
Proliferation(medicine)
non-proliferation(dictionary)
proliferation(dictionary)
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proliferation(dictionary)
proliferation therapy(medicine)
proliferation cyst(medicine)
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Medawar, Sir Peter (oh) and non-proliferation (oh)


Medawar, Sir Peter (oh)



(1915-87) a British zoologist (=a scientist who studies animals and their behaviour) , who made important discoveries about the immune system (=the system that your body uses to protect itself from disease) . He won a Nobel Prize for medicine.

non-proliferation (oh)



n [U]
the limiting of the number of nuclear or chemical weapons in the world, especially by stopping countries that do not yet have them from developing them
::Over 20 countries have now signed the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.