Rudolf Virchow

Definitions of Rudolf Virchow
  1. noun
    German pathologist who recognized that all cells come from cells by binary fission and who emphasized cellular abnormalities in disease (1821-1902)
    synonyms: Rudolf Karl Virchow, Virchow
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    diagnostician, pathologist
    a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis
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