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United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967)
McCollum opposed CasimirFunk's 1912 name vitamines because he thought they were no more "vital" than other nutrients and because they are not true amines.