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Definition of huntington in English Turkish dictionary
- Huntington's disease
- Kore Hastalığı
- huntington chorea
- huntington koresi
- huntington disease
- (Tıp, İlaç) Otozomal dominant olarak kalıtılan bir hastalık, huntington hastalığı
- huntington's disease
- Huntington hastalığı
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Definition of huntington in English English dictionary
- an English habitational surname for someone who lived at any of several places whose name is derived from Old English hunta, hunter, especially from Huntingdon
- A city in West Virginia, United States
- American transportation executive who built the western section of the first U.S. transcontinental railroad (completed 1869). American Revolutionary leader. He was president of the Continental Congress (1779-1781 and 1783), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and governor of Connecticut (1786-1796). Huntington Collis Potter Huntington Samuel Phillips Huntington Beach Huntington chorea Sessions Roger Huntington
- {i} family name; name of several cities in different states of the United States
- an English habitational surname for someone who lived at any of several places whose name is derived from hunta, hunter, especially from Huntingdon
- United States railroad executive who built the western section of the first United States transcontinental railroad (1821-1900)
- a city of western West Virginia on the Ohio river at the mouth of the Kanawha
- American revolutionary leader who signed the Declaration of Independence and was president of the Continental Congress (1731-1796)
- a city of western West Virginia on the Ohio river at the mouth of the Kanawha United States railroad executive who built the western section of the first United States transcontinental railroad (1821-1900) American revolutionary leader who signed the Declaration of Independence and was president of the Continental Congress (1731-1796)
- Huntington's chorea
- A hereditary disorder of the basal ganglia that leads to progressive loss of motor coordination
- Huntington's disease
- the former name of Huntington's chorea
- huntington disease
- (Tıp, İlaç) A chorea usually beginning in middle age that is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait and progresses to dementia ― called also Huntington's chorea
- Huntington Beach
- A city of southern California on the Pacific Ocean southeast of Long Beach. Aerospace, metallurgical, and food-processing industries are important to its economy. Population: 181,519. City (pop., 2000: 189,594), southwestern California, U.S. Located on the Pacific coast, it was first called Shell Beach and after its subdivision (1901) was known as Pacific City. To encourage its promotion as a seaside resort, it was renamed Huntington Beach for the railroad magnate Henry E. Huntington. Its major economic assets are oil wells and refineries
- Huntington Park
- A city of southern California, a residential and industrial suburb of Los Angeles. Population: 56,065
- Huntington Station
- An unincorporated village of southeast New York on the northern shore of western Long Island. It is chiefly residential with varied light industries. Population: 28,247
- Huntington chorea
- Relatively rare, hereditary neurological disease that is characterized by irregular and involuntary movements of the muscles. Huntington chorea is caused by a genetic mutation that causes degeneration of neurons in a part of the brain that controls movement. Symptoms usually appear between ages 35 and
- Huntington chorea
- They begin with occasional jerking or writhing movements, which are absent during sleep, and progress to random, uncontrollable, and often violent twitchings and jerks. Symptoms of mental deterioration begin later and include memory loss, dementia, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia. There is no effective therapy or cure, and the disease invariably proves fatal. A child of a person with Huntington chorea has a 50% chance of developing the disease
- huntington's chorea
- hereditary disease; develops in adulthood and ends in dementia
- Collis P Huntington
- born Oct. 22, 1821, Harwinton, Conn., U.S. died Aug. 13, 1900, Raquette Lake, N.Y. U.S. railroad magnate. He worked as a peddler before becoming a prosperous merchant in Oneonta, N.Y. In the gold rush year of 1849, he moved to Sacramento, Calif., and joined Mark Hopkins in a firm that specialized in miners' supplies. In the late 1850s he became interested in a plan to link California with the eastern U.S. by rail. In 1861 he joined Hopkins, Leland Stanford, and Charles Crocker (1822-1888) a group later known as the "Big Four" to form the Central Pacific Railroad. During its construction (1863-69), Huntington lobbied for the company in the east, securing financing and favourable legislation from the federal government. In 1865 the Big Four formed the Southern Pacific Railroad. In 1869 Huntington bought the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, which he later extended to link with the Southern Pacific, forming the first transcontinental railroad. He became president of the Southern Pacific-Central Pacific system in 1890
- Collis Potter Huntington
- born Oct. 22, 1821, Harwinton, Conn., U.S. died Aug. 13, 1900, Raquette Lake, N.Y. U.S. railroad magnate. He worked as a peddler before becoming a prosperous merchant in Oneonta, N.Y. In the gold rush year of 1849, he moved to Sacramento, Calif., and joined Mark Hopkins in a firm that specialized in miners' supplies. In the late 1850s he became interested in a plan to link California with the eastern U.S. by rail. In 1861 he joined Hopkins, Leland Stanford, and Charles Crocker (1822-1888) a group later known as the "Big Four" to form the Central Pacific Railroad. During its construction (1863-69), Huntington lobbied for the company in the east, securing financing and favourable legislation from the federal government. In 1865 the Big Four formed the Southern Pacific Railroad. In 1869 Huntington bought the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, which he later extended to link with the Southern Pacific, forming the first transcontinental railroad. He became president of the Southern Pacific-Central Pacific system in 1890
- Roger Huntington Sessions
- born Dec. 28, 1896, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S. died March 16, 1985, Princeton, N.J. U.S. composer. He attended Harvard and Yale, lived in Italy and Germany (1925-33), and later taught principally at Princeton University (1935-45, 1953-65). His early interest in Neoclassicism was replaced 1953 by his adoption of serialism. His works include the operas The Trial of Lucullus (1947) and Montezuma (1963), incidental music to The Black Maskers (1923), eight symphonies, a Concerto for Orchestra (1982, Pulitzer Prize), and the cantata When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom'd (1970), as well as several widely read books on music
- Samuel P Huntington
- born April 18, 1927, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. political scientist. After receiving a doctorate from Harvard University, he spent most of his career teaching at Harvard, specializing in defense and international affairs. He has been a consultant to many government agencies. Among his many books are Political Order in Changing Societies (1968), in which he suggested that developing countries are not always likely to create liberal-democratic institutions, and Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of the World Order (1996), in which he predicted conflicts between the world's major cultures in the post-Cold War era
- Samuel Phillips Huntington
- born April 18, 1927, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. political scientist. After receiving a doctorate from Harvard University, he spent most of his career teaching at Harvard, specializing in defense and international affairs. He has been a consultant to many government agencies. Among his many books are Political Order in Changing Societies (1968), in which he suggested that developing countries are not always likely to create liberal-democratic institutions, and Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of the World Order (1996), in which he predicted conflicts between the world's major cultures in the post-Cold War era
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Definition of huntington in Turkish English dictionary
- Huntington hastalığı
- (Pisikoloji, Ruhbilim) Huntington disease
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/ˈhəntəɴɢtən/ /ˈhʌntɪŋtən/
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