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Noun casimir funk has 1 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)
    --1 is a kind of biochemist

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Casimir Funk

Noun: Casimir Funk is a Polish biochemist known for his contributions to the discovery of vitamins.

Sample Sentence: Casimir Funk's research on vitamins revolutionized the field of nutrition.

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