Theiler

[ tahy-ler ]
/ ˈtaɪ lər /

noun

Max,1899–1972, South African medical scientist, in the U.S. after 1922: Nobel Prize in medicine 1951.

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Theiler
/ (ˈtaɪlə) /

noun

Max. 1899–1972, US virologist, born in South Africa, who developed a vaccine against yellow fever. Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1951

Medical definitions for theiler

Theiler
[ tīlər ]
Max 1899-1972

South African-born American microbiologist. He won a 1951 Nobel Prize for developing a vaccine for yellow fever.