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Flexnerian

Flexnerian adjective: of or relating to modern medical practices that crystallized with the 1910 publication of the Flexner Report, which criticized the loose standards of medical education in the United States at the time and advocated the establishment of stricter scientific standards.

Adjective

Flexnerian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to modern medical practices that crystallized with the 1910 publication of the Flexner Report, which criticized the loose standards of medical education in the United States at the time and advocated the establishment of stricter scientific standards.

Origin of Flexnerian

From Flexner + -ian.

Questions about Flexnerian

What does Flexnerian mean?
Flexnerian means of or relating to modern medical practices that crystallized with the 1910 publication of the Flexner Report, which criticized the loose standards of medical education in the United States at the time and advocated the establishment of stricter scientific standards.
What part of speech is Flexnerian?
Flexnerian is an adjective.

Words near Flexnerian in the dictionary

  1. flexizyme
  2. flexizymes
  3. flexjob
  4. flexjobs
  5. Flexner
  6. Flexnerian
  7. flexo
  8. flexo-
  9. flexodomain
  10. flexodomains
  11. flexoelectric

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