Banting

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbæntɪŋ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ban′ting)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
Ban•ting  (ban′ting),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biographical Sir Frederick Grant, 1891–1941, Canadian physician: one of the discoverers of insulin;
    Nobel prize 1923.
  2. (often l.c.) Bantingism.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Banting / ˈbæntɪŋ/
  1. 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' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Bantingism - Best - Macleod - bant - banteng

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