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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But while Ronaldo and Ochoa have gone home, Messi will be playing in his third semifinal in four tournaments Wednesday when Argentina, the reigning champion, faces England at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

The 39-year-old has sparkled at his sixth World Cup - a joint record with Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo and Mexico's Guillermo Ochoa - scoring eight goals and providing three assists.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

"I still don't see the authorities themselves taking charge of the situation here in this area," said Ochoa.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

One of them, Marlon Ochoa, is searching alone for his mother, wife and son, all of whom were buried when their home in Playa Grande in La Guaira collapsed.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

And a Spanish biochemist in New York, Severo Ochoa, launched a parallel effort to map the triplet code to corresponding amino acids.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee