Landsteiner

American  

[land-stahy-ner, lahnt-shtahy-nuhr] / ˈlændˌstaɪ nər, ˈlɑntˌʃtaɪ nər /

noun

1. Karl 1868–1943, Austrian pathologist in the U.S.: Nobel Prize 1930.

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Landsteiner British  

/ ˈlantˌʃtaɪnər /

noun

1. Karl (karl). 1868–1943, Austrian immunologist, who discovered (1900) human blood groups and introduced the ABO classification system. He also discovered (1940) the Rhesus (Rh) factor in blood and researched into poliomyelitis. Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1930)

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Landsteiner Scientific  

/ lănd′stī′nər /

1. Austrian-born American pathologist who discovered the human blood groups A, B, and O in 1901. In 1902, his colleagues discovered a fourth group, AB, and in 1927 Landsteiner discovered two more groups, M and N. For this work Landsteiner received the 1930 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine. In 1940 he discovered the Rh factor.

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Example Sentences

Other past winners include Alexander Fleming, who shared the 1945 prize for the discovery of penicillin, and Karl Landsteiner in 1930 for his discovery of human blood groups.

From Reuters • Oct. 2, 2023

At one point, U.S. skip John Shuster hollered “Every inch!” at John Landsteiner as he swept a rock through the house.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2022

Shuster’s team at this event included two of his fellow Olympic champions in Matt Hamilton and John Landsteiner.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2019

“We went everywhere across the country. All summer, we were doing a lot of things - California to New York, in between,” Landsteiner said.

From Washington Times • Feb. 15, 2019

Blood transfusions in humans were risky procedures until the discovery of the major human blood groups by Karl Landsteiner, an Austrian biologist and physician, in 1900.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013