Bordet

[ bawr-dey; French bawr-de ]

noun
  1. Jules Jean Baptiste Vin·cent [zhyl zhahnba-teestvan-sahn], /ʒül ʒɑ̃ baˈtist vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/, 1870–1961, Belgian physiologist and bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1919.

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  • The Bordet reaction was not only useful in indicating the specificity and blood relationship for animals but also among plants.

British Dictionary definitions for Bordet

Bordet

/ (French bɔrdɛ) /


noun
  1. Jules (Jean Baptiste Vincent) (ʒyl). 1870–1961, Belgian bacteriologist and immunologist, who discovered complement. Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1919

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