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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EIJKMAN

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PRONUNCIATION OF EIJKMAN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EIJKMAN

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Eijkman is a noun.
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WHAT DOES EIJKMAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Eijkman

Christiaan Eijkman

Christiaan Eijkman was a Dutch physician and professor of physiology whose demonstration that beriberi is caused by poor diet led to the discovery of vitamins. Together with Sir Frederick Hopkins, he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.

Definition of Eijkman in the English dictionary

The definition of Eijkman in the dictionary is Christiaan. 1858–1930, Dutch physician, who discovered that beriberi is caused by nutritional deficiency: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1929.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE EIJKMAN

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Synonyms and antonyms of Eijkman in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Eijkman» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

艾克曼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Eijkman
570 millions of speakers

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Eijkman
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Eijkman
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

أيكمان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Эйкман
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Eijkman
270 millions of speakers

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Eijkman
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Eijkman
220 millions of speakers

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Eijkman
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Eijkman
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

エイクマン
130 millions of speakers

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Eijkman
85 millions of speakers

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Eijkman
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Eijkman
80 millions of speakers

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Eijkman
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Translator English - Marathi

एजिमॅन
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Translator English - Turkish

Eijkman
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Eijkman
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Eijkman
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Translator English - Ukrainian

Ейкман
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Eijkman
30 millions of speakers
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Eijkman
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Eijkman
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Translator English - Swedish

Eijkman
10 millions of speakers
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Eijkman
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Trends of use of Eijkman

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EIJKMAN»

The term «Eijkman» is normally little used and occupies the 114.118 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EIJKMAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Eijkman

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EIJKMAN»

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Vitamin History, the Early Years
He responded to Eijkman's research by saying "the opinions of colonial doctors were worthless, because they had all been fed on infected rice during their service and their brains had rotted by the neurotoxin." Nevertheless, the proof that ...
Lee McDowell, 2013
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Tropical Diseases: From Molecule to Bedside ; [proceedings ...
From Molecule to Bedside ; [proceedings of the Second International Eijkman Symposium on Tropical Diseases: from Molecule to Bedside: in the Footsteps of Christiaan Eijkman, Held September 2 - 6, 2001, in Bogor, Indonesia] Sangkot ...
Sangkot Marzuki, Jan Verhoef, Harm Snippe, 2003
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Activate Your Success Mechanisms: 15 Proven Skills
Otto Eijkman was 11 years old when, due to low socioeconomic circumstances, his family migrated from Holland to Australia. As the second of eight children he quickly learnt that a strong work ethic and a persevering determination were the ...
Otto Eijkman, 2008
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Medicine and Health Science
On his recovery, he worked in Robert Koch's bacteriological laboratory in Berlin where he met Pekelharing and Winkler who were about to depart on a Dutch government mission to study beriberi in Batavia (now Jakarta). Eijkman was taken on ...
Jon Turney, 2001
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From Physico-theology to Bio-technology: Essays in the ...
Eijkman had elsewhete discussed Funk's supposed isolation of the 'antineutitic vitamine' in mote detail, utging gteat caution: C. Eijkman, 'Uhet die Natut und Witkungsweise det gegen expetimentelle Polyneutitis witksamen Suhstanzen', Atchiv ...
Kurt Bayertz, Roy Porter, 1998
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Pioneers in scientific discoveries
53]. EIJKMAN. and. FUNK. —. Eliminate. Beri-beri. <ZX?merging diseases and problems are the embodiments Ob>of the advances in human civilization. Perhaps, we cannot escape these even in the days to come. All the same, with the ...
Kalayya Krishnamurthy, 2002
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Drug Discovery: A History
Pekelharing and Winkler tentatively concluded that beriberi was of bacterial origin, and they recommended the disinfection of barracks and prisons. On returning to The Netherlands they left behind their assistant, Christiaan Eijkman, to isolate ...
Walter Sneader, 2005
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Companion Encyclopedia of the History of Medicine
By good fortune, Christiaan Eijkman (1858-1930), in 1890, noticing that at one point even some of the uninoculated birds had developed polyneuritis, looked into the possibility of there having been a significant change in their husbandry.
William F. Bynum, Roy Porter, 1997
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Beriberi, White Rice, and Vitamin B: A Disease, a Cause, and ...
Eijkman (1889), pp. 81-84. 44. Eijkman (199o), pp. 5-1o, 18-20, 33. 45. Ibid., pp. 2o-23. 46. Eijkman (1929), p. 2o3. 47. Eijkman (199o), pp. 23-28. 48. Eijkman and Van Eecke (1891), p. 3o2. 49. Eijkman (199o), pp. 31-37. 5o. Ibid., pp. 42-43.
Kenneth John Carpenter, 2000
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100 Greatest Science Discoveries of All Time
Year. of. Discovery: 1906. What Is It? Trace dietary chemical compounds that are essential to life and health. Who Discovered It? Christiaan Eijkman and Fredrick Hopkins. Why. Is. This. One. of. the. 100. Greatest? We label foods by their ...
Kendall Haven, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EIJKMAN»

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The Mochtar Affair: Heroism and Sacrifice in a Time of War and Deceit
Jakarta. In August of 1944, Professor Achmad Mochtar was director of the Nobel Prize-winning Eijkman Institute in Jakarta and vice rector of the ... «Jakarta Globe, Jul 15»
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Clinical quality assurance in the dental profession
Poorterman JHG, van Weert CM, Eijkman MA. Quality assurance in dentistry: the Dutch approach. International Journal for Quality in Health ... «Dental Economics, May 15»
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Cousin marriage puts gene pool at risk
The research was lead by scientists from Massey University's Institute of Fundamental Sciences alongside scientists from the Eijkman Institute ... «HealthCanal.com, May 15»
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Regency to boost hobbit
Researchers from the Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology in Jakarta have collaborated with University of California researchers to trace the ... «Jakarta Post, May 15»
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Kartini and women's lives
... public health at Hasanuddin University in Makassar and a senior research fellow in the ReachOut Project at the Eijkman Institute in Jakarta, ... «Jakarta Post, May 15»
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It Took a Horrible Wasting Disease—and Lots and Lots of Chickens …
In fact, when the Dutch physician Christiaan Eijkman arrived on the Indonesian island of Java in 1886 to investigate the causes of beriberi, ... «Slate Magazine, Mar 15»
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Egyptian Antiquities Remain at Risk
Subsequently, the Egyptian government consulted German conservation expert Christiaan Eijkman to examine the mask and confirm it was the ... «U.S. News & World Report, Feb 15»
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Recalling medical advances of the 1920s, and looking forward
Christian Eijkman and Sir Frederick Hopkins were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1929 for elucidating the chemical structure of the major vitamins. «Fairfield Daily Republic, Dec 14»
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Enhancing exchange
... on the new advances in the area of NGS,” said participant Frilasita Aisyah Yudhaputri from the Eijkman Institute of Molecular Biology, Jakarta. «The Star Online, Dec 14»
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VITAMINS 101: Know What You Need
Dutch physician Christian Eijkman first connected the cause of certain diseases to nutritional deficiency. Photo courtesy of Museum ... «GOOD Magazine, Nov 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Eijkman [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/eijkman>. May 2024 ».
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