Landsteiner

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈlantˌʃtaɪnər/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(land′stī′nər; Ger. länt′shtī′nər)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Land•stei•ner  (land′stī′nər; Ger. länt′shtī′nər),USA pronunciation n. 
    Karl  (kärl; Ger. kärl),USA pronunciation 1868–1943, Austrian pathologist in the U.S.: Nobel prize 1930.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Landsteiner /German: ˈlantˌʃtaɪnər/ n
  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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