[crater] Houssay is a lunar impact crater located on the lunar far side near the northern pole. The crater is located to the Northeast of and directly adjacent to crater Nansen. Houssay was adopted and named after Argentinian physiologist Bernardo Houssay by the IAU in 2009. ...
Type: Term Pronunciation: ū-sā′ Definitions: 1. Bernardo A., Argentinian physiologist and Nobel laureate, 1887-1971. See: Houssay animal, Houssay phenomenon, Houssay syndrome
1887–1971, Argentine physiologist: Nobel prize for medicine 1947.