Granit
[Swedish grah-neet] /Swedish grɑˈnit/
noun
1.
Ragnar Arthur [Swedish rahng-nahr ahr-too r] /Swedish ˈrɑŋ nɑr ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1900–1991, Swedish physiologist, born in Finland: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1967.
Granit Gra·nit (grä-nēt’), Ragnar Arthur. Born 1900.
Finnish-born Swedish physiologist. He shared a 1967 Nobel Prize for research on the human eye.
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