Luria

American  

[loor-ee-uh] / ˈlʊər i ə /

noun

1. Salvador Edward, 1912–91, U.S. biologist, born in Italy: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1969.

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Luria British  

/ ˈlʊərɪə /

noun

1. Alexander Romanovich. 1902–77, Russian psychologist, a pioneer of modern neuropsychology. His most important work concerns the psychological effects of brain tumours

2. Isaac ( ben Solomon ). 1534–72, Jewish mystic living in Egypt and Palestine: noted for his interpretation of the Cabbala

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Luria Scientific  

/ lr′ē-ə /

1. Italian-born American biologist whose research on gene mutation and bacteria increased scientific understanding of the role of DNA in bacterial viruses.

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Example Sentences

Luria argues one way to value Cerebras would be roughly in line with its backlog, at about $25 billion, or roughly $115 a share.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Davidson analyst Gil Luria said that while the news out of Trump’s China trip could be driving stocks in the sector down, the “hangover” from Cerebras Systems’

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

“Anduril has excelled at producing hardware with these capabilities and Palantir has the software expertise. Both companies also have a reputation for rapid iteration as nontraditional defense contractors,” Luria said.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

As AI models get larger, the need for memory is growing to support longer context windows, or the amount of data being processed at one time, Luria noted.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

I was cheered up when a letter arrived from Luria that the situation might be smoothed over if we appeared to eat crow.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson