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BANTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago
Synonyms:
banteng; banting; Bos banteng; tsine
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("banting" is a kind of...):
ox; wild ox (any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos)
Holonyms ("banting" is a member of...):
Bos; genus Bos (wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941)
Synonyms:
Banting; F. G. Banting; Sir Frederick Grant Banting
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
physiologist (a biologist specializing in physiology)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb bant
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