robbie bárány

Bá·rány

[bah-rahn-yuh]
noun
Ro·bert [roh-bert] , 1876–1936, Austrian physician: Nobel prize 1914.
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Bárány (German ˈbɑːranɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Robert. 1876--1936, Austrian physician; devised the Bárány test, which detects diseases of the semicircular canals of the inner ear: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1914

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Bárány Bá·rá·ny (bä'rän'yə), Robert. 1876-1936.

Austrian physician and otologist. He won a 1914 Nobel Prize for research on the balancing system of the inner ear.

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