Finsen

[ fin-suh n ]
/ ˈfɪn sən /

noun

Niels Ry·berg [neels ry-ber] /nils ˈrü bɛr/,1860–1904, Danish physician: Nobel Prize 1903.

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British Dictionary definitions for finsen

Finsen
/ (Danish ˈfensən) /

noun

Niels Ryberg (neːls ˈryber). 1860–1904, Danish physician; founder of phototherapy: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1903
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Medical definitions for finsen

Finsen
[ fĭn′sən ]
Niels Ryberg 1860-1904

Danish physician. He won a 1903 Nobel Prize for developing a method of treating skin diseases with ultraviolet light.
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