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| Noun | 1. Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency (1858-1930).[Wordnet]. | |
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Date "Eijkman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1897. (references) |
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| Christiaan Eijkman | Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency (1858-1930). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Christiaan Eijkman | Christiaan Eijkman (August 11, 1858—November 5, 1930) was a Dutch physician and pathologist whose demonstration that beriberi is caused by poor diet led to the discovery of vitamins. Together with Sir Frederick Hopkins, he was awarded the 1929 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. (references) | ||
| Eijkman (crater) | Eijkman is a lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon's southern hemisphere. It lies about a half crater diameter to the southeast of the larger Lemaître crater. To the south-southwest is Crommelin crater, and to the northeast is Fizeau crater. (references) | ||
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| Christiaan Eijkman | 10 | Eijkman (crater) | 10 | |
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