Barany
robert
[roh-bert] /ˈroʊ bɛrt/ (show ipa), 1876–1936, austrian physician: n-bel prize 1914.
noun
robert. 1876–1936, austrian physician; devised the bárány test, which detects diseases of the semicircular c-n-ls of the inner ear: n-bel prize for physiology or medicine 1914
bárány bá·rá·ny (bä’rän’yə), robert. 1876-1936.
austrian physician and otologist. he won a 1914 n-bel prize for research on the balancing system of the inner ear.
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