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Leuwenhoek

Leuwenhoek

9.9
A Dutch scientist who used small microscopes to see tiny living things like bacteria, sperm cells, and blood cells
  • proper noun
  • /ˈluːvənˌhʊk/
: Leuwenhoek
  • Researchers still marvel at the simple microscopes crafted by Leuwenhoek in the seventeenth century.

Examples

  • Antonie van Leuwenhoek was a groundbreaking scientist.

  • Did Leuwenhoek really discover microorganisms?

  • Many textbooks credit Leuwenhoek as the father of microbiology.

  • The discoveries of Leuwenhoek revolutionized the study of biology and microscopy.

  • Many textbooks credit Leuwenhoek as the father of microbiology.

  • Researchers still marvel at the simple microscopes crafted by Leuwenhoek in the seventeenth century.

  • The discoveries of Leuwenhoek revolutionized the study of biology and microscopy.

Synonyms

Leeuwenhoek
vsLeuwenhoek
1 9.9

A Dutch scientist known as the first person to use a microscope to see tiny living things

uses an alternate written form of the name while meaning is otherwise identical
1 9.2

A Dutch scientist who first used small microscopes to see tiny living things like bacteria

uses a shorter or variant name form but refers to same person and discoveries
Anton van Leuwenhoek
vsLeuwenhoek
8.9

A scientist from the Netherlands who first looked at tiny living things like cells and bacteria with a microscope

is the full or standard form rather than the shortened name, same accomplishments

Surface Forms

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Etymology

The word Leuwenhoek is a Dutch family name made of leeuw and hoek, meaning 'lion' and 'corner'. A helpful way to remember Antonie van Leuwenhoek is to imagine a 'lion' peeking into a small corner, because he looked into the tiny 'corners' of nature with his simple microscope and discovered microbes and other unseen life.