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Finsen

American  
[fin-suhn] / ˈfɪn sən /

noun

  1. Niels Ryberg 1860–1904, Danish physician: Nobel Prize 1903.


Finsen British  
/ ˈfensən /

noun

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

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At around the start of the 20th century, scientist Niels Ryberg Finsen developed a light-based treatment for lupus vulgaris, a form of TB that affects the face.

From Salon Feb. 21, 2025

The material was probably scattered across the surface when another impact later created the nearby 72-kilometre-wide Finsen crater.

From Nature May 14, 2019

West, M. J., Ostergaard, K., Andreassen, O. A. & Finsen, B. Estimation of the number of somatostatin neurons in the striatum: an in situ hybridization study using the optical fractionator method.

From Nature Oct. 31, 2017

Ms. Finsen was game, and asked Grady what he liked to draw.

From New York Times Jul. 2, 2013

In recent years the x-ray and Finsen light plans have, in a measure, supplanted the previous methods of treatment.

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