Finsen

[ fin-suhn ]

noun

1. Niels Ry·berg [neels , ry, -be, r], 1860–1904, Danish physician: Nobel Prize 1903.

Finsen

/ ˈfensən /

noun

1. FinsenNiels Ryberg18601904MDanishMEDICINE: physician Niels Ryberg (neːls ˈryber). 1860–1904, Danish physician; founder of phototherapy: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1903

Example Sentences

Finsen was given the Nobel prize partly for re-discovery of this.

From Project Gutenberg

Finsen has shown that inflammation of the skin caused by chemical or violet light leads to contraction of the red corpuscles.

From Project Gutenberg

With Finsen operating, you won't have to worry about a thing.

From Project Gutenberg

In recent years both the x-ray and Finsen light have been used with variable success.

From Project Gutenberg

Of the milder methods, those most in vogue to-day are the Finsen light and x-ray.

From Project Gutenberg