Delbrück
[ del-broo k; German del-bryk ]
/ ˈdɛl brʊk; German ˈdɛl brük /
noun
Max
[maks; German mahks] /mæks; German mɑks/,1906–81,
U.S. biologist, born in Germany: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1969.
Example sentences from the Web for delbruck
Delbruck and Forel have indicated the importance of auto-suggestion in the formation of pathological cheating and reverie.
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology |C. G. Jung
British Dictionary definitions for delbruck
Delbrück
/ (delˈbryk) /
noun
Max. 1906–81, US molecular biologist, born in Germany. Noted for his work on bacteriophages, he shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1969
Medical definitions for delbruck
Delbrück
[ dĕl′bruk′, -brük′ ]
German-born American biologist. He shared a 1969 Nobel Prize for investigating the mechanism of viral infection in living cells.
Scientific definitions for delbruck
Delbrück
[ dĕl′bruk′ ]
German-born American biologist who was a pioneer in the study of molecular genetics. He discovered in 1946 that viruses can exchange genetic material to create new types of viruses. He shared a 1969 Nobel Prize for his work in viral genetics.