Landsteiner

American  

[land-stahy-ner, lahnt-shtahy-nuhr] / ˈlændˌstaɪ nər, ˈlɑntˌʃtaɪ nər /

noun

1. Karl 1868–1943, Austrian pathologist in the U.S.: Nobel Prize 1930.

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Landsteiner British  

/ ˈlantˌʃtaɪnər /

noun

1. Karl (karl). 1868–1943, Austrian immunologist, who discovered (1900) human blood groups and introduced the ABO classification system. He also discovered (1940) the Rhesus (Rh) factor in blood and researched into poliomyelitis. Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1930)

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Landsteiner Scientific  

/ lănd′stī′nər /

1. Austrian-born American pathologist who discovered the human blood groups A, B, and O in 1901. In 1902, his colleagues discovered a fourth group, AB, and in 1927 Landsteiner discovered two more groups, M and N. For this work Landsteiner received the 1930 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine. In 1940 he discovered the Rh factor.

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Example Sentences

Other past winners include Alexander Fleming, who shared the 1945 prize for the discovery of penicillin, and Karl Landsteiner in 1930 for his discovery of human blood groups.

From Reuters • Oct. 2, 2023

The ABO blood groups were discovered in 1900 and 1901 by Karl Landsteiner at the University of Vienna.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

At one point, U.S. skip John Shuster hollered “Every inch!” at John Landsteiner as he swept a rock through the house.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2022

“To get Landsteiner a tiny bit of a break and to get Colin Hufman an opportunity to get on the ice at the Olympic Games, it seemed like a great time to do it.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2022

“We went everywhere across the country. All summer, we were doing a lot of things - California to New York, in between,” Landsteiner said.

From Washington Times • Feb. 15, 2019