eijkman

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A proper noun referring to a Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency.

• 🇵🇹Nome próprio que se refere ao médico neerlandês Christiaan Eijkman, que descobriu que a beribéri é causada por deficiência nutricional.

1. Christiaan Eijkman C1 formal medical

   A Dutch physician and pathologist who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency, specifically a lack of thiamine (vitamin B1).

   • Eijkman's experiments with chickens led to the discovery of the cause of beriberi.
   • Christiaan Eijkman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929.
   • The work of Eijkman laid the foundation for the discovery of vitamins.

   🇵🇹Eijkman