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Vane (v

n), John Robert 1927-2004.

British pharmacologist. He shared a 1982 Nobel Prize for research on prostaglandins.

vane

the membranous or main part of the contour feather in birds as distinct from the shaft. It consists of the barbs held together by the interlocking barbules. Called also vexillum.

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