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Christiaan Eijkman

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Eijk⋅man

[ahyk-mahn]
–noun
Chris⋅ti⋅aan [kris-tee-ahn] , 1858–1930, Dutch physician: Nobel prize 1929.
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Eijkman Eijk·man (īk'män', āk'-), Christiaan. 1858-1930.

Dutch hygienist and pathologist. He shared a 1929 Nobel Prize for his discovery of the nutrient, later called vitamin B1 or thiamine, that relieves beriberi.

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