Fleming
fle·ming
noun
English bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955)
a native of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian
Origin
From Middle English flameng, from late Old Norse Flæmingi, from Old Norse Flǽmingr, Middle Dutch Vlaminc, Vleminc, from Old Frisian (unattested) (compare West Frisian Flaming), from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flowing, current (water)”) and the patronymic suffix *-ingaz (“belonging to, descended from”). More at Flanders.
Phrases
- Bratton Fleming
- Call-Fleming syndrome
- Fleming County
- Fleming's right-hand rule
- Stoke Fleming
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