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Pincus   /pˈɪŋkəs/   Listen
Pincus

noun
1.
United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967).  Synonyms: Gregory Goodwin Pincus, Gregory Pincus.






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"Pincus" Quotes from Famous Books



... Potash exclaimed as he drew a check to the order of his attorney for a hundred and fifty dollars, "I would positively go it alone from now on till I die, Noblestone. I got my stomach full with Pincus Vesell already, and if Andrew Carnegie would come to me and tell me he wants to go with me as partners together in the cloak and suit business, I would say 'No,' so sick and tired ...
— Potash & Perlmutter - Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures • Montague Glass



Words linked to "Pincus" :   Gregory Goodwin Pincus, physiologist, Gregory Pincus



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