Banting

American  

[ban-ting] / ˈbæn tɪŋ /

noun

1. Sir Frederick Grant, 1891–1941, Canadian physician: one of the discoverers of insulin; Nobel Prize 1923.

2. (often lowercase) Bantingism.

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Banting ¹ British  

/ ˈbæntɪŋ /

noun

1. Sir Frederick Grant . 1891–1941, Canadian physiologist: discovered the insulin treatment for diabetes with Best and Macleod (1922) and shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine with Macleod (1923)

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banting ² British  

/ ˈbæntɪŋ /

noun

1. obsolete slimming by avoiding eating sugar, starch, and fat

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Banting Scientific  

/ băn′tĭng /

1. Canadian physician who with the Scottish physiologist John Macleod won a 1923 Nobel Prize for the discovery of the hormone insulin. Banting and his assistant Charles Best experimented on diabetic dogs, demonstrating that insulin lowered their blood sugar. Insulin was tested and proven effective on humans within months of the first experiments with dogs. In acknowledgment of Best's work, Banting gave him a share of his portion of the Nobel Prize.

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Etymology

Origin of banting

C19: named after William Banting (1797–1878), London undertaker who popularized this diet

Example Sentences

Instead of putting his name on the patent, Banting allowed co-inventors Charles Best and James Collip to sell it to the University of Toronto for $1.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2022

One of the University of Toronto researchers who made the discovery, Frederick Banting, sold his share of the patent for $1 because, he said, “Insulin does not belong to me. It belongs to the world.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2022

Ms. Hepner has profound appreciation for the wonders of insulin: At one point in the film she pays homage to its inventor, Frederick Banting, during a visit to his home in Canada.

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2022

Two months later, Malaysia revoked permits for some plastic imports after factories involved in recycling in Banting, south-west of Kuala Lumpur, were forced to close amid residents’ complaints of air and water pollution.

From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2018

Sang “Streptocock-Gee to Banbury-T” and “Bye Baby Banting, soon you’ll need decanting.”

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley