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Crick [krik] noun Francis Harry Compton,1916–2004, English biophysicist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1962. Liberaldictionary.com
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 British Dictionary definitions for francis crick crick 1 noun a painful muscle spasm or cramp, esp in the neck or back verb (tr) to cause a crick in (the neck, back, etc) Word Origin for crick C15: of uncertain origin crick 2 noun US and Canadian a dialect word for creek (def. 2) Crick noun Francis Harry Compton. 1916–2004, English molecular biologist: helped to discover the helical structure of DNA; Nobel prize for physiology or medicine shared with James Watson and Maurice Wilkins 1962 Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for francis crick crick n.
early 15c., of uncertain origin; OED says “probably onomatopœic.”
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper francis crick in Medicine crick [krĭk] n. A painful cramp or muscle spasm, as in the back or neck. v. To cause a painful cramp or muscle spasm in by turning or wrenching. Crick [krĭk]Francis Henry Compton 1916-2004 British biologist who with James D. Watson proposed a spiral model, the double helix, for the molecular structure of DNA. He shared a 1962 Nobel Prize for advances in the study of genetics. The American Heritage® Stedman’s Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. francis crick in Science Crick [krĭk]Francis Harry Compton 1916-2004 See Note at Rosalind Franklin. British biologist who with James D. Watson identified the structure of DNA in 1953. By analyzing the patterns cast by x-rays striking DNA molecules, they found that DNA has the structure of a double helix, consisting of two spirals linked together at the base, forming ladderlike rungs. For this work they shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine with Maurice Wilkins. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
