lown

lown
adjective Etymology: Middle English (Scots) lowne Date: 15th century dialect calm, quiet

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  • Lown — ist der Name folgender Personen: Bernard Lown (* 1921), US amerikanischer Kardiologe und Aktivist der Vereinigung International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Bert Lown (1903–1962), US amerikanischer Jazz Violinist, Komponist und… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Lown — Lown, n. [See {Loon}.] A low fellow. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lown — This interesting surname has two distinct possible sources, the first and most generally applicable being from the medieval given name Lovin . This name derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century Leofhun , which is composed of the elements… …   Surnames reference

  • lown — lown1 /lown/, adj., n., v.t., v.i. South Midland U.S. calm; quiet. [1375 1425; late ME (Scots) lownen (v.), later lowne (adj.) < ON logn calm (n.), lugna to calm] lown2 /loohn/, n. Scot. loon2. * * * …   Universalium

  • lown — I. ˈlau̇n verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Middle English (Scots) lownen, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish lugna to calm, quiet, Old Icelandic logn; akin to Gothic liuhath light more at light dialect : calm …   Useful english dictionary

  • LOWN, PHILIP W. — LOWN, PHILIP W. (1890–1978), U.S. shoe manufacturer and philanthropist. Lown arrived in New York in 1907, later attending the University of Maine and obtaining a degree in chemical engineering (1918). Lown went into shoe manufacturing, eventually …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome — Lown Gan·ong Le·vine syndrome lau̇n gan .ȯŋ lə vīn , vēn n LGL SYNDROME * * * Lown Gan·ong Le·vine syndrome (lounґ ganґong lə vīnґ) [Bernard Lown, American cardiologist, born 1921; William F. Ganong, American physiologist, born 1924;… …   Medical dictionary

  • Lown-Klasse — Die Lown Klassifikation wird in der Medizin zur Einteilung von ventrikulären Extrasystolen (VES) angewandt. Das 1971 von dem US amerikanischen Kardiologen Bernard Lown eingeführte Schema sieht eine Einteilung in sechs Kategorien vor, die auch als …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Lown-Klassifikation — Die Lown Klassifikation wird in der Medizin zur Einteilung von ventrikulären Extrasystolen (VES) angewandt. Das 1971 von dem US amerikanischen Kardiologen Bernard Lown eingeführte Schema sieht eine Einteilung in sechs Kategorien vor, die auch als …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Lown-Ganong-Levine-Syndrom — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 I45.6 Präexzitations Syndrom Lown Ganong Levine Syndrom …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 7599 ICD10 = ICD10|I|45|6|i|30 ICD9 = ICD9|426.81 ICDO = OMIM = 108950 MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 2954 MeshID = D008151 Lown Ganong Levine syndrome (LGL) is a syndrome …   Wikipedia

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