Francis Crick was one of the discoverers of DNA's structure.
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Crick
//kɹɪk//
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8 translations across 5 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- разтягане noun (muscular cramp or spasm)
- схващане noun (muscular cramp or spasm)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 落枕 noun (muscular cramp or spasm)
- 閃到腰 /闪到腰 noun (muscular cramp or spasm)
Czech
2 entries- strnutí noun (muscular cramp or spasm)
- svalová křeč noun (muscular cramp or spasm)
Hungarian
1 entries- rándulás noun (muscular cramp or spasm)
Italian
1 entries- torcicollo noun (muscular cramp or spasm)
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I woke up with a crick in my neck.
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When you visualize a DNA structure, you probably think about the well-known ‘double helix’ that was revealed in 1953 by Cambridge University scientists James Watson and Francis Crick.
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Stomach sleeping never worked for her because her neck cricked and pained in so short a time, that she never got the chance to fall asleep that way although the rest of her body snuggled well into the bed in that position.
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