Definition of Ochoa

1. Noun. United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (1905-1993).

Exact synonyms: Severo Ochoa
Generic synonyms: Biochemist

Medical Definition of Ochoa

1. Severo, Spanish-U.S. Biochemist and Nobel laureate, *1905. See: Ochoa's law. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ochoa

Ocean
Ocean State
Oceania
Oceanian
Oceanians
Oceanic
Oceanica
Oceanid
Oceanites
Oceanites oceanicus
Oceanospirillum
Oceanus
Ochna
Ochna serrulata
Ochnaceae
Ochoa (current term)
Ochoa's law
Ochotona
Ochotona collaris
Ochotona princeps
Ochotonidae
Ochroma
Ochroma lagopus
Ochs
Ochsner
Ochsner's method
Ochsner clamp
Ocicat
Ocimum
Ocimum basilicum

Literary usage of Ochoa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1911)
"The application made by Perez and Ochoa to set aside the decree and allow them to appear and defend, and that of Mrs. Blanco for a preliminary injunction, ..."

2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1911)
"Finally, it was charged that the property standing in the name of Ochoa, the alleged purchaser, had, despite the sale, continuously remained under the ..."

3. El Salvador at War: An Oral History of Conflict from the 1979 Insurrection edited by Max G. Manwaring, Court Prisk (1995)
"Let Us Develop Our Own Democracy Colonel (Retired) Sigifredo Ochoa Perez—Unfortunately— and this is a criticism of the North American Ambassador, ..."

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