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Reichstein

Reichstein definition - medical

Reich·stein (rīkˈstīnˌ, rīᴋʜˈshtīnˌ), Tadeus 1897-1996.

Polish-born Swiss chemist. He shared a 1950 Nobel Prize for discoveries concerning the hormones of the adrenal cortex.

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