Kitasato

[ kee-tah-sah-taw ]

noun

1. Shi·ba·sa·bu·ro [shee-, bah, -sah-, boo, -, r, aw], 1852–1931, Japanese bacteriologist.

Example Sentences

The firm has been working with Kitasato University, a medical university in Tokyo.

From Reuters

“It is inappropriate to push vaccinations to hold the Olympics,” said Dr. Tetsuo Nakayama, a professor at Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences.

From Seattle Times

“It is inappropriate to push vaccinations to hold the Olympics,” said Dr. Tetsuo Nakayama, a professor at Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences.

From Washington Times

It was not until the 1890s, when Emil von Behring and Kitasato Shibasaburo developed antitoxins — convalescent plasma — to treat diphtheria and tetanus that the public embraced the germ theory.

From Washington Post

Antibodies were discovered in 1890 by the physiologist Emil von Behring and the microbiologist Shibasaburo Kitasato as protective antitoxins in the blood of animals exposed to diphtheria or tetanus toxin2.

From Nature