Eijkman

American  

[ahyk-mahn] / ˈaɪk mɑn /

noun

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

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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

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Example Sentences

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

Then, Eijkman researcher Gludhug Purnomo hand-carried samples to Green's lab, where he helped sequence 2.5 million single nucleotide polymorphisms, or alleles, in every individual, plus 10 complete genomes.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 2, 2018

This bizarre mass recovery was good for the chickens, but it was bad for Eijkman, who appeared to have lost his animal model.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2015

Funk's studies combined a careful chemical fractioning of the extracts of rice polishings with tests for their antineuritic power upon polyneuritic birds, after the manner taught by Eijkman.

From The Vitamine Manual by Eddy, Walter H.