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ˈhɒdʒ kɪnhodgkin

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Hodgkin, Thomas Hodgkinnoun

    English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866)

  2. Hodgkin, Dorothy Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkinnoun

    English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994)

  3. Hodgkin, Alan Hodgkin, Sir Alan Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd Hodgkinnoun

    English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998)

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  1. Hodgkin

    Hodgkin is a surname.

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  1. hodgkin

    Hodgkin generally refers to Hodgkin's Disease or Hodgkin Lymphoma, a type of cancer originating from white blood cells called lymphocytes. It was named after Thomas Hodgkin, an English physician who first described the condition. The term might also refer to different concepts or persons named Hodgkin in various fields like medicine, science, arts, sports, etc. However, it is most commonly associated with the medical condition, Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. HODGKIN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hodgkin is ranked #37544 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Hodgkin surname appeared 593 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Hodgkin.

    87.3% or 518 total occurrences were White.
    5.9% or 35 total occurrences were Black.
    3.7% or 22 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.6% or 10 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hodgkin in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hodgkin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of hodgkin in a Sentence

  1. The Spears:

    Mom Aberli is a Hodgkin’s lymphoma survivor, and the necessary cancer treatments she went through made pregnancy unlikely.

  2. Sarah Keating:

    My husband was diagnosed in 2001 with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma— cured by the Abramson Cancer Center, so I'm very committed to the cause.

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