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Ban·ting  (bntng), Sir Frederick Grant 1891-1941.

Canadian physiologist. He shared a 1923 Nobel Prize for the discovery of insulin.

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banting [ˈbæntɪŋ]

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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) Obsolete slimming by avoiding eating sugar, starch, and fat

[named after William Banting (1797-1878), London undertaker who popularized this diet]

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Banting [ˈbæntɪŋ]

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(Biographies / Banting, Sir Frederick Grant (1891-1941) M, Canadian, SCIENCE: physiologist) 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)

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Noun	1.	Banting - Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941) F. G. Banting, Sir Frederick Grant Banting
	2.	banting - wild ox of the Malay Archipelago     banteng, Bos banteng, tsine Bos, genus Bos - wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini wild ox, ox - any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos