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  du Vigneaud

  noun

  Vincent, 1901–78, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1955.
• Du Vigneaud
  Du Vigneaud

  noun

  Vincent. 1901–78, US biochemist: Nobel prize for chemistry (1955) for his synthesis of the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin

du Vigneaud

American  

[doo veen-yoh, dyoo] / du ˈvin joʊ, dju /

noun

1. Vincent, 1901–78, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1955.

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Du Vigneaud British  

/ duː ˈviːnjəʊ /

noun

1. Vincent. 1901–78, US biochemist: Nobel prize for chemistry (1955) for his synthesis of the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin

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The 1948 winners, announced this week: Dr. Vincent du Vigneaud, 47, Cornell University Medical College biochemist, "for advancing the frontiers of our knowledge of fundamental living processes."

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Vincent du Vigneaud, professor and chairman of the department of biochemistry of the Cornell University Medical College .

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