du Vigneaud
[ doo -veen-yoh, dyoo ]
/ du ˈvin yoʊ, dyu /
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noun
Vincent, 1901–78, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1955.
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British Dictionary definitions for du Vigneaud
Du Vigneaud
/ (duː ˈviːnjəʊ) /
noun
Vincent. 1901–78, US biochemist: Nobel prize for chemistry (1955) for his synthesis of the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin
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Medical definitions for du Vigneaud
du Vigneaud
[ dōō vēn′yō ]
American biochemist. He won a 1955 Nobel Prize for his work on pituitary hormones.
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