- a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.
- a table or desk with three sides extending above the writing surface to serve as partitions, designed for individual study, as in a library.
- French surgeon and biologist, in U.S. 1905–39: Nobel Prize 1912.
- a small individual study room or private desk, often in a library, where a student or researcher can work undisturbed
- Alexis (əˈlɛksɪs; French alɛksi). 1873–1944, French surgeon and biologist, active in the US (1905–39): developed a method of suturing blood vessels, making the transplantation of arteries and organs possible: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1912
