Definition of Monod

1. Noun. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).

Exact synonyms: Jacques Lucien Monod, Jacques Monod
Generic synonyms: Biochemist

Medical Definition of Monod

1. Jacques L., French biochemist and Nobel laureate, 1910-1976. See: Monod-Wyman-Changeux model. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monod

Monistat
Monitor
Monkey Hanger
Monkey Hangers
Monmouth
Monmouth Court House
Monmouthshire
Monnet
Monnow
Monocanthidae
Monocanthus
Monoceros
Monochamus
Monocotyledonae
Monocotyledones
Monod (current term)
Monod-Wyman-Changeux model
Monodon
Monodon monoceros
Monodontidae
Monom
Monomorium
Monomorium minimum
Monomorium pharaonis
Monongahela
Monongahela River
Mononychus olecranus
Monophysite
Monophysites
Monophysitic

Literary usage of Monod

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

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"BIBLIOGRAPHY: Of the first importance is Adolphe Monod: Souvenirs de la vie, extraites de ... But though Monod delivered the opening sermon in the Oratoire, ..."

2. Pulpit Eloquence of the Nineteenth Century: Being Supplementary to the by Henry Clay Fish, Edwards Amasa Park (1871)
"Monod was a son of the late Rev. John Monod, of Paris. He had seven brothers and three sisters, all of whom, it is believed, survive him. ..."

3. Journal of the American Medical Association by American Medical Association (1890)
"G. Monod.—The death of this surgeon, well known in Paris from twenty-five ... Dr. Monod was for many years on the surgical staff of several Paris hospitals ..."

4. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1873)
"PASTING WORDS OP ADOLPHE Monod.J—The eminence of the preacher as one of the ... 84. f Les Adieux d'Adolphe Monod.—The parting words of Adolphe Monod to his ..."

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