Cori

[ kawr-ee, kohr-ee ]

/ ˈkɔr i, ˈkoʊr i /

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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Examples from the Web for cori

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
In the first they are not left so utterly in a state of nature as they are at Cori.
Studies of Travel: Italy|Edward A. Freeman
The mass of the wall 144 is of polygonal stones, rude, but far less rude than the rudest at Cori.
Studies of Travel: Italy|Edward A. Freeman
Cori occupies the upper part of the sloping hill, and the houses spread down the slope.
Studies of Travel: Italy|Edward A. Freeman

Cori and Norba are alike cities set on hills, and neither of them has any fear of being hid.
Studies of Travel: Italy|Edward A. Freeman
He would give some to Cori, who had younger children, and she would give them most of the gift.
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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Medicine 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.