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

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

From National Geographic

Habibie realized “Indonesia needed to have a capacity in basic science,” says Sudoyo, one of the first scientists hired after Eijkman reopened.

From Science Magazine

However, Herawati Sudoyo, deputy director for fundamental research at the government-funded Eijkman Institute, which specialises in medical molecular biology and biotechnology, said the vaccines’ ability to withstand the mutation had yet to be determined.

From Reuters

The essential nutrient was first identified in the early 1900s by a Dutch physician, Christiaan Eijkman, who noted a similarity between the human disease beriberi and a similarly debilitating syndrome in chickens.

From Los Angeles Times

The unsubstantiated claims regarding the necklace drew criticism from health experts in Indonesia, including Herawati Sudoyo, the deputy director of the Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology.

From The Guardian