leloir

noun

1. 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.

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