name
Meaning 1
A transliteration of the Russian surname Па́влов (Pávlov).
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Pavlov
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name
Meaning 2
A male surname from Russian, feminine equivalent Pavlova.
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verb
Meaning 3
To condition a person or animal to react to a stimulus, without consideration to the meaning of it.
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noun
Meaning 4
Russian physiologist who observed conditioned salivary responses in dogs (1849-1936)
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Ivan Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich Pavlov
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Broader terms: physiologist
History
Etymology
From Russian Па́влов (Pávlov), itself from Па́вел (Pável).
Clipping of Pavlov's dog, an experiment which showed a dog can be conditioned to salivate at the ring of a bell, provided food was given the previous times.