Koch

American  

[koch, kawkh] / kɒtʃ, kɔx /

noun

1. Edward I., 1924–2013, U.S. politician: mayor of New York City 1977–89.

2. Robert 1843–1910, German bacteriologist and physician: Nobel Prize 1905.

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Koch British  

/ kɔx /

noun

1. Robert (ˈroːbɛrt). 1843–1910, German bacteriologist, who isolated the anthrax bacillus (1876), the tubercle bacillus (1882), and the cholera bacillus (1883): Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1905

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Koch Scientific  

/ kôk /

1. German bacteriologist who demonstrated that specific diseases are caused by specific microorganisms. He identified the bacilli that cause anthrax, tuberculosis, and cholera, and he showed that fleas and rats are responsible for transmission of the bubonic plague and that the tsetse fly is responsible for transmitting sleeping sickness. Koch won the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine in 1905.

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Example Sentences

Koch said it was an amazing feeling to see the rocket.

From BBC

The study's first author is Matthew De Koch.

From Science Daily

Stark, who is also a member of MIT's Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, led the study as the paper's lead author.

From Science Daily

Koch, who runs the company that makes Samuel Adams, tries every batch before it is bottled.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ultrawealthy families like the Murdochs, Kochs and Rockefellers own cattle ranches for a variety of reasons.

From Salon