Virchow
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Virchow made significant discoveries in oncology—the treatment of tumors—and parasitology, the scientific study of parasites.
From Literature
In the mid-1880s, German pathologist Rudolf Virchow recognized inflammatory cells in atherosclerotic plaques.
From Scientific American
The same conditions of inequality that produced the Silesian typhus epidemic would soon foment a political revolution in Germany, and Dr. Virchow’s investigation helped turn him into a political revolutionary.
From New York Times
A Prussian doctor, Rudolf Virchow, described the social determinants of health long before the phrase was coined.
From Scientific American
One Indian company, Virchow Biotech in Hyderabad, India, last week signed a manufacturing deal with Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Russian Direct Investment Fund, to make 200 million doses a year of Sputnik V.
From New York Times
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