Ochoa

[ oh-choh-uh; Spanish aw-chaw-ah ]

noun

1. Se·ve·ro [s, uh, -, vair, -oh, se-, ve, -, r, aw], 1905–93, U.S. biochemist, born in Spain: Nobel Prize in medicine 1959.

Ochoa

/ ō-chō′ə /

1. Spanish-born American geneticist who in 1955 discovered an enzyme that was used in the first synthesis of artificial RNA. For this work he shared with Arthur Kornberg the 1959 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

Example Sentences

Pepi felt differently, in part because, unlike Araujo and Ochoa, he would figure into Berhalter’s immediate plans.

From Washington Post

Now, Ochoa, a college graduate, recalls how most of his former co-workers, at risk of serious injury on the job, didn’t have health insurance.

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Without this chance to talk to Ochoa, the workers would have little opportunity to seek out information on their own, he said.

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Often, the limited time he’s allotted during lunch breaks drags on as workers pepper Ochoa with their questions about the vaccines.

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Ochoa’s lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

From Washington Post

That relationship ended with a car accident in which Angulo was killed and Claudia Ochoa Felix was injured.

From The Daily Beast

Two of their leaders, Martin de Ochoa and the master of the camp had already done so.

From Project Gutenberg

Ochoa promptly answered, “France,” and the man approached them only to receive a stunning blow upon the head.

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Doctor Juan Ochoa de Arriola is a very learned ecclesiastic, and an excellent preacher.

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Soon after the election of the first provincial, father Fray Gregorio de Ochoa died.

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The first of the family is said to have been Policarpio Ochoa, an employé of the Spanish customs house.

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