(n) English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998), Syn. Alan Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Sir Alan Hodgkin
(Med.) A morbid condition characterized by progressive anæmia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician.