Mechnikov

[ myech-nyi-kuh f ]
/ ˈmyɛtʃ nyɪ kəf /

noun

I·lya I·lyich [ee-lyah ee-lyeech] /iˈlyɑ iˈlyitʃ/. Metchnikoff, Élie.

Definition for ilya ilyich mechnikov (2 of 2)

Metchnikoff
[ mech-ni-kawf, -kof; Russian myech-nyi-kuh f ]
/ ˌmɛtʃ nɪˈkɔf, -ˌkɒf; Russian ˈmyɛtʃ nyɪ kəf /

noun

É·lie [French ey-lee] /French eɪˈli/, Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov,1845–1916, Russian zoologist and bacteriologist in France: Nobel Prize in medicine 1908.
Russian Mechnikov.

British Dictionary definitions for ilya ilyich mechnikov

Metchnikoff
/ (French mɛtʃnikɔf, Russian ˈmjetʃnikəf) /

noun

Élie (eli). 1845–1916, Russian bacteriologist in France. He formulated the theory of phagocytosis and shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1908

Medical definitions for ilya ilyich mechnikov

Metchnikoff
[ mĕch′nĭ-kôf′ ]
Elie 1845-1916

Russian zoologist. He shared a 1908 Nobel Prize for the discovery of phagocytes and their role in the immune system.