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1921–, American chemist, b. Fort Worth, Tex., Ph.D. Univ. of California at Los Angeles, 1949. As a researcher at the Rockefeller Institute for Medic...
transdermal patch, or transdermal delivery system, adhesive patch used to deliver a controlled dose of a drug through the skin over a period of time. ...
(sky rny v ´ts ) (KEY) , town (1993 est. pop. 44,000), Lódzkie prov., E central Poland. It is a railway junction and manufacturing center where elec...
1794–1835, English genre and portrait painter, b. Halifax, N.S., studied in Boston with his uncle Gilbert Stuart, and later abroad. He was greatly i...
(d l´ r , d l r ´) (KEY) , 1815–89, British scientist and inventor. Especially noted as an astronomer, he was a pioneer in celestial photography. ...
(ändr ´ä däl p t´ts ) (KEY) , 1647–1709, Italian painter. Pozzo was a Jesuit priest and leading exponent of the baroque style. He was celebrate...