[krik] 
| 1. | a sharp, painful spasm of the muscles, as of the neck or back. |
| 2. | to give a crick or wrench to (the neck, back, etc.). |
[krik] | Francis Harry Compton, 1916–2004, English biophysicist: Nobel prize for medicine 1962. |
| crick 1 (krĭk) n. A painful cramp or muscle spasm, as in the back or neck. tr.v. cricked, crick·ing, cricks To cause a painful cramp or muscle spasm in by turning or wrenching. [Middle English crike.] |
| Crick (krĭk) 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. |
crick (krĭk)
n.
A painful cramp or muscle spasm, as in the back or neck. v. cricked, crick·ing, cricks
To cause a painful cramp or muscle spasm in by turning or wrenching.
Crick (krĭk), Francis Henry Compton. Born 1916.
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.
| Crick (krĭk) Pronunciation Key
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. |
