BANTING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Banting mean? 

• BANTING (noun)
  The noun BANTING has 2 senses:

1. Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941)

2. wild ox of the Malay Archipelago

  Familiarity information: BANTING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BANTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Banting; F. G. Banting; Sir Frederick Grant Banting

Instance hypernyms:

physiologist (a biologist specializing in physiology)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

banteng; banting; Bos banteng; tsine

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)