Krebs

[kreps; English krebz]

noun

Sir Hans A·dolf [hahns ah-dawlf; English hanz ad-olf, ey-dolf] /hɑns ˈɑ dɔlf; English hænz ˈæd ɒlf, ˈeɪ dɒlf/, 1900–81, German biochemist in England: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1953.

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Contemporary Examples of krebs

“A lot of these guys are making thousands of dollars a day,” Krebs said.
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Historical Examples of krebs

And I remembered Krebs's words—that we must "reeducate ourselves."
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Winston Churchill
Mr. Greenhalge, thinking over the suggestion, sent for Krebs.
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Winston Churchill
And even if she had been something to me, she never could be anything to Krebs.
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Winston Churchill
I blamed Krebs, and a hot anger arose within me against him.
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Winston Churchill
Krebs substituted for this fallacy what may be called the doctrine of potentiality.
A Far Country, Complete
Winston Churchill

British Dictionary definitions for krebs

Krebs

noun

Sir Hans Adolf. 1900–81, British biochemist, born in Germany, who shared a Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1953) for the discovery of the Krebs cycle

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krebs in Medicine

Krebs

[krĕbz, krĕps]Sir Hans Adolf 1900-1981

German-born British biochemist who discovered (1936) the Krebs cycle. He shared a 1953 Nobel Prize for investigations into metabolic processes.

krebs in Science

Krebs

[krĕbz]Sir Hans Adolf 1900-1981

German-born British biochemist who in 1936 discovered the process that came to be known as the Krebs cycle. For this work he shared with American biochemist Fritz Lipmann the 1953 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.