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Stein

[stahyn for 1, 3; shtahyn for 2]
–noun
1. Gertrude, 1874–1946, U.S. author in France.
2. Hein⋅rich Frie⋅drich Karl [hahyn-rikh free-drikh kahrl] , Baron vom und zum [fawm oont tsoom] , 1757–1831, German statesman.
3. William Howard, 1911–80, U.S. biochemist: Nobel prize for chemistry 1972.
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stein 
1855, from Ger. Stein, shortened form of Steinkrug "stone jug," from Stein "stone" + Krug "jug, jar."
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Stein (stīn), William Howard. 1911-1980.

American biochemist. He shared a 1972 Nobel Prize for pioneering studies of ribonuclease.

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