casimir funk

1. 1.

   United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967)

   SynonymsFunk

   Broaderbiochemist

Questions about casimir funk

What does casimir funk mean?

casimir funk means "United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967)".

What is another word for casimir funk?

Close synonyms include Funk. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is casimir funk a common word?

casimir funk is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.