Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun william_harvey

1 sense of william harvey

Sense 1
Harvey, William Harvey -- (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))
       INSTANCE OF=> doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico -- (a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor")
       INSTANCE OF=> scientist -- (a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences)