Banting

[ ban-ting ]

noun

1. Sir Frederick Grant, 1891–1941, Canadian physician: one of the discoverers of insulin; Nobel Prize 1923.
2. (often lowercase) Bantingism.

Banting

¹

/ ˈbæntɪŋ /

noun

1. BantingSir Frederick Grant18911941MCanadianSCIENCE: physiologist Sir Frederick Grant . 1891–1941, Canadian physiologist: discovered the insulin treatment for diabetes with Best and Macleod (1922) and shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine with Macleod (1923)

banting

²

/ ˈbæntɪŋ /

noun

1. obsolete.
   slimming by avoiding eating sugar, starch, and fat

Banting

/ băn′tĭng /

1. Canadian physician who with the Scottish physiologist John Macleod won a 1923 Nobel Prize for the discovery of the hormone insulin. Banting and his assistant Charles Best experimented on diabetic dogs, demonstrating that insulin lowered their blood sugar. Insulin was tested and proven effective on humans within months of the first experiments with dogs. In acknowledgment of Best's work, Banting gave him a share of his portion of the Nobel Prize.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Banting¹

C19: named after William Banting (1797–1878), London undertaker who popularized this diet

Example Sentences

“Insulin does not belong to me,” Mr. Banting famously said.

From New York Times

Banting famously summed up these view by proclaiming, "Insulin does not belong to me, it belongs to the world."

From Salon

One of the University of Toronto researchers who made the discovery, Frederick Banting, sold his share of the patent for $1 because, he said, “Insulin does not belong to me. It belongs to the world.”

From Seattle Times

Ms. Hepner has profound appreciation for the wonders of insulin: At one point in the film she pays homage to its inventor, Frederick Banting, during a visit to his home in Canada.

From New York Times

Another salient point: The discoverers of insulin, Frederick Banting and Charles Best, sold their patent to the University of Toronto in 1922 for $1.

From Washington Times