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Landsteiner

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Land·stei·ner  (lndstnr, läntsht-), Karl 1868-1943.
Austrian-born American pathologist. He won a 1930 Nobel Prize for the discovery of human blood groups.
Landsteiner (German) [ˈlantˌʃtaɪnər]
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(Biographies / Landsteiner, Karl (1868-1943) M, Austrian, SCIENCE: 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)
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Noun1.Landsteiner - United States pathologist (born in Austria) who discovered human blood groups (1868-1943)
Karl Landsteiner
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World Blood Donor Day takes place annually on June 14 to celebrate the birth of Karl Landsteiner, the Nobel Prize winner who discovered the ABO blood group system.
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Blood Donor Day, on Wednesday, marks the birth date of Dr Karl Landsteiner, awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the ABO blood group system in 1901.
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