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Noun

1. john james rickard macleod, john macleod, macleod

Scottish physiologist who directed the research by F. G. Banting and C. H. Best that led to the discovery of insulin (1876-1935)

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noun
John James Rickard. 1876–1935, Scottish physiologist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1923) with Banting for their part in discovering insulin

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ˈJohn James Rickard (ˈrɪkərd ) ; rikˈərd) 1876-1935; Scot. physiologist: co-discoverer of insulin

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British physiologist. He shared a 1923 Nobel Prize for the purification of insulin and its application to the treatment of diabetes.

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