VIRCHOW

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• VIRCHOW (noun)
  The noun VIRCHOW has 1 sense:

1. German pathologist who recognized that all cells come from cells by binary fission and who emphasized cellular abnormalities in disease (1821-1902)

  Familiarity information: VIRCHOW used as a noun is very rare.

• VIRCHOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

German pathologist who recognized that all cells come from cells by binary fission and who emphasized cellular abnormalities in disease (1821-1902)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Rudolf Karl Virchow; Rudolf Virchow; Virchow

Instance hypernyms:

diagnostician; pathologist (a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis)