Cournand

[ koor-nand, -nuhnd; French koor-nahn ]

noun

1. André Fré·dé·ric [ah, n, -, drey, f, r, ey-dey-, reek], 1895–1988, U.S. physiologist, born in France: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1956.

Cournand

/ kurnɑ̃; -nænd; ˈkʊənənd /

noun

1. CournandAndré (Frederic)18951988MUSFrenchMEDICINE: physician André ( Frederic ). 1895–1988, US physician, born in France: shared the 1956 Nobel prize for physiology or medicine for his work on heart catheterization

Example Sentences

Beginning in the early '30s two Columbia University researchers, Dr. Dickinson W. Richards and French-born Dr. Andre Cournand, read of Forssmann's experiment and developed a way to use it both for research and diagnosis.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cet ouvrage curieux a �t� traduit en Fran�ais, par Cournand.

From Project Gutenberg