rolf

English - English

Definition of rolf in English English dictionary

A male given name derived from Hrólfr, the Old Norse cognate of Rudolph

To apply the Rolfing massage technique to

derived from Hrólfr, the cognate of Rudolph

Norse chieftain who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931)

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Rolf M Zinkernagel

born Jan. 6, 1944, Basel, Switz. Swiss immunologist and pathologist. He received his Ph.D. from the Australian National University. Studying T cells in mice infected with a meningitis virus, he and Peter Doherty found that those from one infected mouse would destroy infected cells from another only if the mice belonged to the same genetic strain: no immune response occurs unless the T cells recognize two signals, those of the virus and those identifying the cell as "self." In 1992 he became head of the University of Zürich's Institute of Experimental Immunology. In 1996 he and Doherty shared a Nobel Prize

Rolf Martin Zinkernagel

born Jan. 6, 1944, Basel, Switz. Swiss immunologist and pathologist. He received his Ph.D. from the Australian National University. Studying T cells in mice infected with a meningitis virus, he and Peter Doherty found that those from one infected mouse would destroy infected cells from another only if the mice belonged to the same genetic strain: no immune response occurs unless the T cells recognize two signals, those of the virus and those identifying the cell as "self." In 1992 he became head of the University of Zürich's Institute of Experimental Immunology. In 1996 he and Doherty shared a Nobel Prize

Hyphenation

Rolf

Turkish pronunciation

rōlf

Pronunciation

/ˈrōlf/ /ˈroʊlf/

Etymology

[ 'rolf also 'rof ] (transitive verb.) 1970. From Ida Pauline Rolf