christiaan eijkman

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christiaan eijkman - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Christiaan Eijkman
      n 1: Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a
           nutritional deficiency (1858-1930) [syn: Eijkman,
           Christiaan Eijkman]