Eijkman
[ ahyk-mahn ]
/ ˈaɪk mɑn /
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noun
Chris·ti·aan [kris-tee-ahn], /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn/, 1858–1930, Dutch physician: Nobel Prize 1929.
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Eijkman
/ (Dutch ˈɛikmɑn) /
noun
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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