Ochoa

American  

[oh-choh-uh, aw-chaw-ah] / oʊˈtʃoʊ ə, ɔˈtʃɔ ɑ /

noun

1. Severo 1905–93, U.S. biochemist, born in Spain: Nobel Prize in medicine 1959.

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Ochoa Scientific  

/ ō-chō′ə /

1. Spanish-born American geneticist who in 1955 discovered an enzyme that was used in the first synthesis of artificial RNA. For this work he shared with Arthur Kornberg the 1959 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

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Example Sentences

Ochoa will play his sixth World Cup as well.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, 40, has also been selected for a sixth tournament, though he hasn't had time on the pitch on each occasion.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Despite this challenge, Clough and McNeil, working with graduate student Eduardo Ochoa Rivera and statistics professor Ambuj Tewari, developed methods to separate true microplastics from glove-related contamination.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

Carol Ochoa, who lives with her family in a Guadalajara suburb, said the authorities called for a Code Red, meaning no wandering outside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

“This is Nydia Ochoa, everyone. She’s a librarian at Columbia and she’s been helping me out with all this. She’s good people.”

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older