Eijkman

[ ahyk-mahn ]
/ ˈaɪk mɑn /

noun

Chris·ti·aan [kris-tee-ahn] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn/,1858–1930, Dutch physician: Nobel Prize 1929.

British Dictionary definitions for eijkman

Eijkman
/ (Dutch ˈɛikmɑn) /

noun

Christiaan (ˈkriːstiːˌaːn). 1858–1930, Dutch physician, who discovered that beriberi is caused by nutritional deficiency: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1929

Medical definitions for eijkman

Eijkman
[ 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.