Forssmann [fawrs-mahn, -muh n, fohrs-; German fawrs-mahn] noun
- Wer·ner [German ver-nuh r] /German ˈvɛr nər/, 1904–79, German surgeon: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1956.
forssmann in Medicine Forssmann [fôrs′män′, -mən]Werner Theodor Otto 1904-1979
- German physician. He shared a 1956 Nobel Prize for developing cardiac catheterization.