ERNST BORIS CHAIN Synonyms

• a scientist who specializes in chemistry

• a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs

• any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions

• hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas; regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells

• any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases

• someone trained in the science of drugs (their composition and uses and effects)

• a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences

• of or relating to antibiotic drugs

• a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections

• winner of a Nobel prize

• a series of things depending on each other as if linked together

• British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)

• (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)

• a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament

• (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership

• anything that acts as a restraint

• a unit of length

• a series of hills or mountains

• a linked or connected series of objects

• a necklace made by stringing objects together

• connect or arrange into a chain by linking

• fasten or secure with chains

• British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)