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RUDOLF VIRCHOW
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• RUDOLF VIRCHOW (noun)
The noun RUDOLF 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: RUDOLF VIRCHOW used as a noun is very rare.
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)
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