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Definitions for Banting

[1] Sir Frederick Grant, 1891–1941, Canadian physician: one of the discoverers of insulin; Nobel Prize 1923.
[2] (often lowercase ) Bantingism.
[3] to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
[4] a wild ox, Bos banteng (javanicus ), of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, resembling the domestic cow: now greatly reduced in number.
[5] obsolete slimming by avoiding eating sugar, starch, and fat
[6] Sir Frederick Grant . 1891–1941, Canadian physiologist: discovered the insulin treatment for diabetes with Best and Macleod (1922) and shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine with Macleod (1923)
[7] string
[8] strength or springiness of material

Words related to Banting

trim, lower, cut, dwindle, shorten, lessen, pare, slash, diminish, curtail, weaken, shave, dilute, clip, abridge, slim, impair, impoverish, depress, debase

Origin of Banting

eng< Indonesian Malay banténg < Javanese banṭéng

Word origin for Banting

probably a dialect pronunciation of band ²

Synonyms for Banting

curtail, cut, cut down, diminish, dwindle, lessen, lower, pare, scale down, shorten, slash, trim, weaken, abate, abridge, bankrupt, break, cheapen, chop, clip, contract, debase, deflate, depreciate, depress, diet, dilute, discount, drain, impair, impoverish, moderate, pauperize, rebate, recede, ruin, shave, slim, taper, truncate, cut back, go on a diet, lose weight, mark down, nutshell, roll back, slow down, step down, take off weight, taper off, tone down, turn down, wind down