Cori

[ kawr-ee, kohr-ee ]

/ ˈkɔr i, ˈkoʊr i /

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noun

Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.

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Words nearby Cori

corf, Corfam, Corfu, Corgard, corgi, Cori, coria, coriaceous, coriander, Cori cycle, Corigliano

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How to use Cori in a sentence

Another called the move for more enforcement “Cori’s war on the Carlsbad businesses.”
North County Report: Carlsbad to Step Up Restaurant Enforcement|Kayla Jimenez|January 21, 2021|Voice of San Diego
When Reprieve lawyer Cori Crider first met Hisham Sliti, she wore a hijab out of respect for his religion.
The Faces of Guantánamo|Molly Crabapple|September 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“Anthony Weiner is the mayoral candidate for mayor,” said John Cori of the Friends of Rockaway.
Weiner’s Desperate Rockaway Trip|Michael Daly|August 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He would give some to Cori, who had younger children, and she would give them most of the gift.
The Forgotten Planet|Murray Leinster

Cori followed because she had children, and they were safer where Burl led than anywhere else.
The Forgotten Planet|Murray Leinster
She gave the child to Cori and confidently moved to follow him.
The Forgotten Planet|Murray Leinster
There would be a superb entrance for him upon his return from the army, 'cavatina guerriera con cori'.
Gerfaut, Complete|Charles de Bernard
Cori left with her children—very carefully on watch for danger to them—to see what she could find.
The Forgotten Planet|Murray Leinster

British Dictionary definitions for Cori

Cori

/ (ˈkɔːrɪ) /

noun

Carl Ferdinand. 1896–1984, US biochemist, born in Bohemia; shared a Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1947) with his wife Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896–1957) and Bernardo Houssay, for elucidating the stages of glycolysis

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Medical definitions for Cori

Cori

[ kôr′ē ]

Gerty Theresa Radnitz 1896-1957

Czech-born American biochemist. She shared a 1947 Nobel Prize with her husband, Carl Ferdinand Cori (1896-1984), and Bernardo A. Houssay for discovering the intermediate steps in glycogen-glucose conversion.