j a grib fibiger

Fi·bi·ger

[fee-buh-ger; Danish fee-bee-guhr]
noun
Jo·han·nes An·dre·as Grib [yoh-hah-nis ahn-dre-ahs greeb] , 1867–1928, Danish pathologist: Nobel prize for medicine 1926.
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Fibiger (Danish ˈfibiɡər) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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Johannes Andreas Grib (joˈhanəs anˈdreːas ɡrɪb). 1867--1928, Danish physician: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1926) for his work in cancer research

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Fibiger Fi·bi·ger (fē'bē-gər), Johannes Andreas Grib. 1867-1928.

Danish pathologist. The first to produce cancer experimentally, he won a 1926 Nobel Prize.

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