Usually means: Discovered penicillin, revolutionized antibiotics.
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  1. Fleming, Alexander: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  4. Alexander Fleming (disambiguation), Alexander Fleming (doctor), Alexander Fleming: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Alexander Fleming)

noun:  Sir Alexander Fleming (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish physician and microbiologist, best known for discovering the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance, which he named penicillin.
noun:  Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish physician and microbiologist.
noun:  Alexander Fleming, M.D. (1824 Edinburgh – 21 August 1875) was a Scottish physician, educator, researcher and author whose research led to the development of Fleming's tincture.


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