Kendall

[ken-dl]

noun

1. Edward Calvin, 1886–1972, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.

2. a male given name.

Kendall

/ ˈkɛndəl /

noun

1. Edward Calvin. 1886–1972, US biochemist, who isolated the hormone thyroxine (1916). He shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1950) with Phillip Hench and Tadeus Reichstein for their work on hormones

Example Sentences

They have made some shrewd signings in the transfer window with England youth international Lucia Kendall among a group of talented youngsters.

From BBC

The next day, another man who was being held alongside Marco called her to say that her husband was in a wheelchair and had been taken to Florida Kendall hospital.

From BBC

Kendall said the show brought thousands of visitors to the town.

From BBC

He noted that further downstream in neighboring Kendall County, the community of Comfort has sirens that were activated to warn of flooding on July 4, “and there were no casualties.”

From Los Angeles Times

Asked whether Sir Keir still had confidence in Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall, who did not join her colleagues on the front bench for PMQs, the PM's press secretary said: "Yes."

From BBC