Domagk

American  

[doh-mahk] / ˈdoʊ mɑk /

noun

1. Gerhard 1895–1964, German physician: declined 1939 Nobel Prize at the demand of Nazi government.

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Domagk British  

/ ˈdoːmak /

noun

1. Gerhard (ˈɡeːrhart). 1895–1964, German biochemist: Nobel prize for medicine (1939) for isolating sulphanilamide for treating bacterial infections

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Example Sentences

In 1932, a German pathologist and bacteriologist, Gerhard Domagk, discovered that a chemical called prontosil protected against bacterial infections in mice.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2022

The mission was inspired by the earlier work of Gerhard Domagk, who in 1935 showed that the injection of a simple compound, Prontosil, cured systemic streptococcal infections.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gerhard Domagk, 68, German chemist who in 1932 discovered that sulfonamides cured infection, thereby creating the first "wonder drugs"; of a heart attack; in Konigsfeld, West Germany.

From Time Magazine Archive

Credited with the invention of this drug, which some responsible doctors last week were calling the medical discovery of the decade, were Professors Heinrich Horlein and Gerhard Domagk of the German Dye Trust.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Horlein, director of the Trust's pharmaceutical research at Elberfeld, and Dr. Domagk, a chemotherapist, designed Prontosil's complex molecule of dyestuff.

From Time Magazine Archive