Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun casimir_funk

1 sense of casimir funk

Sense 1
Funk, Casimir Funk -- (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))
       INSTANCE OF=> biochemist -- (someone with special training in biochemistry)