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Monod

[maw-noh]
noun
  1. Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/, 1910–76, French chemist: Nobel prize 1965.
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  • Inspired by such men as Vinet and Monod, they do not stand merely on the defensive, but are constantly aggressive.

    History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology

    John F. Hurst

  • I had recovered, and Dr. Monod, who was attending me, said that I could now be moved without any fear of ill effects.

    My Double Life

    Sarah Bernhardt

monod in Medicine

Monod

(mô-nō′)Jacques Lucien 1910-1976
  1. French biochemist. He shared a 1965 Nobel Prize for the study of regulatory activity in body cells.
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Monod

[mô-nō′]
  1. French biochemist who, with François Jacob, proposed the existence of messenger RNA. Monod and Jacob also studied how genes control cellular activity by directing the synthesis of proteins.
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