Virchow

[ fir-khoh ]

noun

1. Ru·dolf [roo, -dawlf], 1821–1902, German pathologist, anthropologist, and political leader.

Virchow

/ ˈfɪrçɔf /

noun

1. VirchowRudolf Ludwig Karl18211902MGermanMEDICINE: pathologist Rudolf Ludwig Karl (ˈruːdɔlf ˈluːtvɪç karl). 1821–1902, German pathologist, who is considered the founder of modern (cellular) pathology

Example Sentences

Virchow had been dead for a hundred years, and only one full-length biography of him existed, of which Farmer read every page.

From Literature

In the mid-1880s, German pathologist Rudolf Virchow recognized inflammatory cells in atherosclerotic plaques.

From Scientific American

This is why, just eight days after his investigation in Upper Silesia, Dr. Virchow went to the barricades in Berlin to fight for the revolution.

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