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Noun: Eijkman  Ik-mun
  1. Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency (1858-1930)
    - Christiaan Eijkman

Type of: doc [informal], doctor, Dr., MD, medico [informal], physician

Encyclopedia: Eijkman