Virchow

[ fir-khoh ]

/ ˈfɪr xoʊ /

noun

Ru·dolf

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

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Examples from the Web for virchow

Some thirty years ago, Virchow began his studies and lectures upon cellular pathology.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891|Various
And Virchow's first step, according to the principles he now declares, must be a motion to abrogate this paragraph.
Freedom in Science and Teaching.|Ernst Haeckel
Virchow says: It is of the cells that the tissues are built up and the nerves formed.
Mind and Body|William Walker Atkinson
The question arose whether the theoretical foundations of Virchow's pathology had not been set aside.
The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method|Henri Poincar

M. Welker, in his curious studies of the sphenodal angle of Virchow, arrived at a similar result.
Primitive Man|Louis Figuier

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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Medicine definitions for virchow

Virchow

[ vîr′kō, fîr′KHō ]

Rudolf 1821-1902

German physician and pathologist known for his contributions to cell theory and the study of disease.