Krebs

American  

[kreps, krebz] / krɛps, krɛbz /

noun

1. Sir Hans Adolf 1900–81, German biochemist in England: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1953.

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Krebs British  

/ krɛbz /

noun

1. 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 Scientific  

/ krĕbz /

1. 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.

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Example Sentences

One outcome was an increase in metabolites such as mesaconate, which participates in the Krebs cycle, a fundamental energy-producing pathway in cells.

From Science Daily

"There is no motive or normal psychological explanation" for the attack, said presiding judge Karsten Krebs, adding that O. had acted during an "acute psychotic phase of schizophrenia".

From Barron's

He stripped Krebs of his security clearance, and in an act of sheer, gratuitous malice, he did the same to the people Krebs works with at his security firm.

From Salon

The two employees, Thomas Gregory English and Amelia Frazier Krebs, as well as the company, pleaded not guilty in the case earlier this month, according to Los Angeles Superior Court records.

From Los Angeles Times

Lord John Krebs, who was behind that 10-year scientific trial, told the programme: "If you really want to control TB in cattle then killing badgers is not going to be a terribly effective policy."

From BBC