Landsteiner

[ land-stahy-ner; German lahnt-shtahy-nuhr ]

noun

1. Karl [kahrl, kah, r, l], 1868–1943, Austrian pathologist in the U.S.: Nobel Prize 1930.

Landsteiner

/ ˈlantˌʃtaɪnər /

noun

1. LandsteinerKarl18681943MAustrianSCIENCE: immunologist 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)

Landsteiner

/ 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.

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

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

Out went Landsteiner and Gallant; in came Hufman and Kennedy, who also made his Beijing debut.

From Seattle Times

Plys had already qualified for his second trip to the Winter Games along with defending Olympic champions John Shuster, Matt Hamilton and John Landsteiner.

From Seattle Times

John Landsteiner and Matt Hamilton will also return to the Olympics after winning it all in Pyeongchang.

From Seattle Times