Djerassi

American  

[jer-ah-see] / dʒərˈɑ si /

noun

1. Carl 1923–2015, Austrian-born U.S. chemist, novelist, and playwright.

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Djerassi Scientific  

/ djĕ-rä′sē /

1. Austrian-born American chemist who pioneered the development of the first contraceptive pill, as well as many commonly used drugs, including antihistamines and anti-inflammatory agents.

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Example Sentences

But Djerassi thought it was unlikely that fertility tracking would replace the pill.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2016

Some other deaths in the science world: inventor Forrest Bird, nuclear physicist Ralph Nobles, engineer Oscar Carl Holderer, chemist Carl Djerassi and scientist Richard Post.

From Washington Times • Dec. 15, 2015

Carl Djerassi, 91, the Stanford University chemist widely considered the father of the birth-control pill, died Jan. 30 in San Francisco.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2015

That scientist was Carl Djerassi, then just a twenty-something but already the associate director of research at the pharmaceutical company Syntex.

From Time • Feb. 2, 2015

Carl Djerassi, who synthesized a hormone that changed the world by creating the crucial ingredient for the oral contraceptive known as “the pill,” died at the age of 91.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2015