Virchow

[ fir-khoh ]

/ ˈfɪr xoʊ /

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noun

Ru·dolf

[roo-dawlf], /ˈru dɔlf/, 1821–1902, German pathologist, anthropologist, and political leader.

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How to use Virchow in a sentence

When not responding to dueling challenges, I learned, Virchow was, among other things, the first to thoroughly describe the Virchow-Robin space.
Five Scientists on the Heroes Who Changed Their Lives - Issue 93: Forerunners|Alan Lightman, Hope Jahren, Robert Sapolsky,|December 2, 2020|Nautilus
So Virchow was the master of two very different intellectual domains, which is cool.
Five Scientists on the Heroes Who Changed Their Lives - Issue 93: Forerunners|Alan Lightman, Hope Jahren, Robert Sapolsky,|December 2, 2020|Nautilus
As a neurobiologist and primatologist who studies what the stress of social inequality does to health, Virchow’s quote could serve as the rationale for my career.
Five Scientists on the Heroes Who Changed Their Lives - Issue 93: Forerunners|Alan Lightman, Hope Jahren, Robert Sapolsky,|December 2, 2020|Nautilus
Professor Virchow is, I doubt not, an accomplished English scholar.
Freedom in Science and Teaching.|Ernst Haeckel

Virchow came to Munich only on the 20th, and delivered his speech on the 22d.
Freedom in Science and Teaching.|Ernst Haeckel
I must here be permitted to take Virchow exactly at his word.
Freedom in Science and Teaching.|Ernst Haeckel
Then what are the new proofs of the theory of descent which Virchow demands of us?
Freedom in Science and Teaching.|Ernst Haeckel
In consequence it was time to look for that civilization which Virchow had prophesied as its ultimate result.
The War Upon Religion|Rev. Francis A. Cunningham

British Dictionary definitions for Virchow

Virchow

/ (German ˈfɪrçɔf) /

noun

Rudolf Ludwig Karl (ˈruːdɔlf ˈluːtvɪç karl). 1821–1902, German pathologist, who is considered the founder of modern (cellular) pathology

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