Crick
Crick: 1. A painful sudden spasmodic stiffness in the muscles of the neck or back. 2. Francis Crick who, with James Watson, devised the Watson-Crick model of DNA as a double helix. See: Crick, Francis.
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- Crick, Francis
Crick, Francis: British biologist (1916-2004) who shared the 1962 Nobel prize in Medicine and Physiology with James Watson and Maurice Wilkins for “discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material.” The discovery of the structure of DNA as a double helix by Watson and Crick (with […]
- Crick-Brenner experiment
Crick-Brenner experiment: An elegant and important experiment performed in 1961 by Francis Crick and Sydney Brenner. The experiment proved that the genetic code was a triplet code and that the triplets were not separted by “punctuation.” Crick and Brenner demonstrated that a triplet of bases in the DNA determines an amino acid unit and a […]
- Crime scene investigation
Crime scene investigation: The use of physical evidence at the scene of the crime and the use of deductive and inductive reasoning to gain knowledge of the events surrounding the crime. Crime scene investigation is multidisciplinary and involves a systematic search of the crime scene; meticulous observation and documentation of the scene; photography and sketching […]
- Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever: A viral disease characterized by hemorrhage (bleeding) and fever. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a severe disease with a high mortality (death) rate. The geographical distribution of the virus, like that of the tick that carries it, is widespread. CCHF has been found in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. […]
- Cripple
Cripple: 1. A person who is lame or disabled. The word “cripple” is a medically outmoded and politically incorrect term in this usage. 2. To maim or disable a person. From the Anglo-Saxon “creopan” meaning “to creep.” Someone who was crippled, as from an oxcart rolling over his leg, had to creep along.