Leloir

[ luh-lwahr; Spanish le-lwahr ]
/ ləˈlwɑr; Spanish lɛˈlwɑr /

noun

Luis Fe·de·ri·co [lwees fe-th e-ree-kaw] /lwis ˌfɛ ðɛˈri kɔ/,1906–1987, Argentine biochemist, born in France: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1970.

Example sentences from the Web for leloir

  • Best and Leloir were the most distinguished, together with MM.

    A History of Wood-Engraving |George Edward Woodberry

  • I have another friend who insists that she'd rather have Leloir.

    Swann's Way |Marcel Proust

Medical definitions for leloir

Leloir
[ lə-lwär′, lĕ- ]
Luis Federico 1906-1987

French-born Argentine biochemist. He won a 1970 Nobel Prize for the discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in the biosynthesis of carbohydrates.