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Definition

Minot-Murphy diet

(mī'nŏt-mŭr'fē )

[George R. Minot, U.S. physician, 1885–1950; William P. Murphy, U.S. physician, 1892–1987]

An early diet for pernicious anemia containing large quantities of liver. When the diet was initially devised, the liver was consumed raw. Later, a liver extract was developed and used.