Eijkman

American  

[ahyk-mahn] / ˈaɪk mɑn /

noun

1. Christiaan 1858–1930, Dutch physician: Nobel Prize 1929.

---

Eijkman British  

/ ˈɛikmɑn /

noun

1. Christiaan (ˈkriːstiːˌaːn). 1858–1930, Dutch physician, who discovered that beriberi is caused by nutritional deficiency: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1929

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Eijkman

Eijkman pursued that line of research, discovering that prison populations fed white rice were also afflicted with beriberi.

From National Geographic ● Nov. 9, 2023

Meanwhile, Dutch army doctor Christian Eijkman had developed his own theory about beriberi after experiments with chickens.

From National Geographic ● Nov. 9, 2023

Sudoyo, who also has an affiliation with the University of Indonesia, tells Science she will leave Eijkman and try to find a place where she can continue her research with her current co-workers.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 11, 2022

That cook had been replaced, and his successor, Eijkman later related, “refused to allow military rice to be taken for civilian chickens.”

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2015

To Hopkins and to Eijkman may therefore be justly attributed the credit of calling the world's attention to the unknown substances which Funk was to christen a little later with the name vitamines.

From The Vitamine Manual by Walter H. Eddy

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---