Willis
['wilis]
Definition
(noun.) English physician who was a pioneer in the study of the brain (1621-1675).
Typist: Mason--From WordNet
Examples
- British Patent No. 2,011, of 1873, to Willis, is the first disclosure of the platinotype. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- When the Countess of Fitz-Willis (her Ladyship is of the Kingstreet family, see Debrett and Burke) takes up a person, he or she is safe. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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