Synonyms for Mendeleev (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (Russian chemist who developed a periodic table of the chemical elements and predicted the discovery of several new elements (1834-1907)):
Mendeleyev, Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleyev, Dmitri Mendeleev, Dmitri Mendeleyev
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