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Eijkman
[ ahyk-mahn ]
noun
- Chris·ti·aan [kris, -tee-ahn], 1858–1930, Dutch physician: Nobel Prize 1929.
Eijkman
/ ˈɛikmɑn /
noun
- EijkmanChristiaan18581930MDutchMEDICINE: physician 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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