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Leloir

American  
[luh-lwahr, le-lwahr] / ləˈlwɑr, lɛˈlwɑr /

noun

  1. Luis Federico 1906–1987, Argentine biochemist, born in France: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1970.


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Leloir, 64, a Parisian-born Argentine, won the chemistry prize for his pioneer work in unraveling the chemistry of carbohydrates.

From Time Magazine Archive

Maurice Leloir drew men of their age and country no more elegantly for the bravest novel of Dumas.

From George Cruikshank by Chesson, W. H.

Frontispiece on Japan paper from a water-colour drawing and autograph note by Maurice Leloir.

From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various

I'm only a wretched Philistine, and I've no doubt Leloir has perhaps more knowledge of painting even than Machard.

From Swann's Way by Scott-Moncrieff, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)

Leloir and Vidal shorten the name to acne cornee.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

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