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Zoia Ceaușescu
Zoia Ceaușescu, also known as Zoe Ceaușescu (1949–2006), was a Romanian mathematician, the only daughter of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu, who researched functional analysis and led INCREST's mathematics section.
Zoidberg
Dr. John A. Zoidberg is the lobster-like Decapodian staff doctor at Planet Express in the animated series Futurama, voiced by Billy West. Created by David X. Cohen from a Star Trek gag and named after his unreleased game Zoid, he is poor, homeless, and famously incompetent with human anatomy.
Zoids (ゾイド)
Zoids (ゾイド) is a Japanese media franchise by Takara Tomy, a portmanteau of "zoic" and "android." It features motorized plastic kits of biomechanical creatures and has expanded into anime and games.
Zoie Palmer
Zoie Palmer, English-Canadian actress (born 1977, England), known as Dr. Lauren Lewis on Lost Girl and the Android on Dark Matter; 2014 Canadian Screen Awards Fan Choice winner; distinct from production staffer Zoe Palmer.
Zoji-la Tunnel
The Zoji-la Tunnel is an under-construction 13.15 km road tunnel in India, bored beneath the Zoji La pass to connect Sonamarg in Kashmir with Drass in Ladakh.
Zōjō-ji
Zōjō-ji (増上寺) is a Jōdo-shū (Pure Land) head temple in Shiba, Tokyo, founded in 1393 and chosen in 1590 as the funerary temple of the Tokugawa shoguns.
Zōjōji Temple in Snow
Zōjōji Temple in Snow (増上寺之雪) is a 1925 woodblock print by Kawase Hasui showing a lone woman with an umbrella before Zōjōji temple in Tokyo.
Zokie of Planet Ruby
Zokie of Planet Ruby (Zokie z Planety Ruby) is a Canadian animated Nickelodeon buddy comedy by Brian Morante: vlogger Ruby's only follower is alien Zokie Sparkleby from Planet Pudge; 26 episodes, Amazon Prime Video debut December 31, 2023.
Zola
Zola is a drawless two-player abstract board game by Mark Steere, designed February 2021, played on a 6x6 board with 18 checkers per side; non-capturing moves go outward, captures inward, and capturing all enemy checkers wins.
Zola (film)
Zola (2020) is Janicza Bravo's A24 comedy-drama, the first narrative feature adapted from a Twitter thread: A'Ziah King's viral 148-tweet #TheStory about a Tampa strip-club trip turned sex-trafficking ordeal, starring Taylour Paige and Riley Keough.
Zola (musician)
Zola, also known as Zola 7 and Bonginkosi Dlamini, is a South African kwaito musician and actor from Soweto whose debut album Umdlwembe went double platinum in 2002.
Zola Budd
Zola Budd (Budd-Pieterse), South African barefoot distance runner, 5,000m world record holder (14:48.07), 1985 and 1986 world cross country champion, known for the 1984 Olympic collision with Mary Decker.
Zola Electric
Zola Electric, originally named Off Grid Electric, is a solar energy company founded in Tanzania in 2011 that pioneered pay-as-you-go solar home systems paid through mobile money.
Zola Taylor
Zola Taylor (1938 or 1943-2007), American singer, female member of The Platters on 1950s hits like "The Great Pretender"; later a Frankie Lymon widow claimant, portrayed by Halle Berry in 1998.
Zolbetuximab
Zolbetuximab (Vyloy, IMAB362) is Astellas's first-in-class chimeric IgG1 antibody against claudin 18.2, approved October 2024 with chemotherapy as first-line therapy for CLDN18.2-positive, HER2-negative gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.
Zole
Zole (Zolīte), Latvia's national three-player point-trick card game of the Schafkopf group, played with 26 cards, 14 trumps (all Queens, Jacks, diamonds), 120 points, declarer needing 61.
Zoledronic acid
Zoledronic acid (zoledronate; Reclast/Aclasta, Zometa) is a nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate given intravenously, 5 mg yearly for osteoporosis and Paget's disease and 4 mg monthly for skeletal complications of malignancy, reducing hip, vertebral, and nonvertebral fractures.
Zoliflodacin
Zoliflodacin (Nuzolvence, formerly AZD0914/ETX0914) is a first-in-class spiropyrimidinetrione antibiotic, a single 3 g oral dose targeting GyrB, approved by the FDA on December 12, 2025 for uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea.
Zollinger–Ellison syndrome
Zollinger–Ellison syndrome (ZES), gastrinoma syndrome, a rare acid-hypersecretion disorder from duodenal or pancreatic gastrinomas causing ulcers, GERD, and diarrhea; 20–25% MEN1-related, diagnosed by fasting gastrin and secretin test, treated with high-dose PPIs.
Zollverein
The Zollverein (Deutscher Zollverein), or German Customs Union, was a customs union of most German states operating from 1834, regarded as the first in history.
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex (Zeche Zollverein), Essen, Germany: former coal mine and coking plant, 1851-1986, designed by Schupp and Kremmer in Bauhaus style; UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001, criteria (ii)(iii), now Ruhr Museum site.
Zolmitriptan
Zolmitriptan (Zomig) is a 5-HT1B/1D agonist triptan for acute migraine in adults, US-approved 1997; tablets, ODT, and nasal spray, 1.25-5 mg doses, max 10 mg/24 h.
Zolotaya Podkova
Zolotaya Podkova (Золотая подкова, Golden Horseshoe) is a Russian state bingo lottery distributed by Stoloto: 15 pre-filled numbers from 1 to 45, weekly Sunday draws on NTV, 100-ruble tickets, and a 10-million-ruble minimum superprize won by the 20th move.
Zolotoe Koltso
Zolotoe Koltso (Золотое кольцо, "Golden Ring") is a Russian estrada folk ensemble founded in 1988 at the Smolensk Philharmonic, known for Kadysheva's folk-pop hits and a 2024 viral revival.
Zolotoy Kurgan
Zolotoy Kurgan (Золотой курган, Altyn-Oba), meaning Golden Kurgan, was a large stone-built burial mound on the outskirts of Kerch, Crimea, raised in the 5th–4th centuries BC over three crypts of Bosporan nobility.
Zolpidem
Zolpidem (Ambien, Ambien CR, Edluar, Zolpimist, Intermezzo) is an imidazopyridine nonbenzodiazepine hypnotic that selectively modulates α1-containing GABAₐ receptors; FDA-approved in 1992 for short-term insomnia treatment, Schedule IV, with a 2019 boxed warning for complex sleep behaviors.
Zoltàn Arany
Zoltàn Arany, also known as Zolt Arany, is an American cardiologist at the University of Pennsylvania, known for research on peripartum cardiomyopathy, a heart failure of late pregnancy.
Zoltan Bathory
Zoltan Bathory, also known as Báthory Zoltán, is a Hungarian-born American musician. He founded Five Finger Death Punch in 2005 and has won 17 Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one singles.
Zoltan Czibor
Zoltan Czibor (Czibor Zoltán, 1929-1997), Hungarian left winger of the Golden Team; 1952 Olympic gold, 1954 World Cup silver, later FC Barcelona and Espanol; not the same-named persons.
Zoltan Domotor
Zoltan Domotor (Dömötör Zoltán, 1935-2019), Hungarian water polo player: Olympic gold Tokyo 1964, bronze Rome 1960 and Mexico 1968; scored the deciding goal against the USSR; later coached Bulgaria, Algeria, South Korea.