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

In 1990, Carl Djerassi, one of the biochemists who created the oral contraceptive pill, predicted that the invention that had made him rich and famous could soon become obsolete.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2016

Unconventional, brave and transgressive to the end, Djerassi was the very definition of a Renaissance man.

From Time • Dec. 30, 2015

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

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