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< /krisˈtyɑ̃ rəˈneɪ də/, 1917–2013, Belgian biologist, born in England: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1974.

noun

1. Christian. born 1917, Belgian biochemist, who discovered lysosomes: shared the Nobel prize (1974) for his work in cell biology

1. British-born Belgian physiologist. He shared a 1974 Nobel Prize for contributions to the understanding of the components of living cells.