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du Vigneaud

[ doo veen-yoh, dyoo ]
/ du ˈvin yoʊ, dyu /

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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medicine definitions for du vigneaud

du Vigneaud
[ dōō vēn′yō ]
Vincent 1901-1978

American biochemist. He won a 1955 Nobel Prize for his work on pituitary hormones.
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