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Virchow

noun
1.
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, Rudolf Virchow.





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"Virchow" Quotes from Famous Books



... described. But they cling to their old position, full of dread of the unknown and of betrayal. The higher segments are not only blind atheists but can justify their godlessness with strange words; for example, those of Virchow—so unworthy of a learned man—"I have dissected many corpses, but never yet discovered a soul ...
— Concerning the Spiritual in Art • Wassily Kandinsky
... differ widely in appearance from all other people of that country. As to their origin, there is a diversity of opinion. Some anthropologists look upon them as a primeval race, distinct from the negroes, who came among them later. Professor Virchow, on the contrary, is of the opinion that their only important difference from the negroes is that of size, and regards them as the remains of a primitive population from whom ...
— Man And His Ancestor - A Study In Evolution • Charles Morris


Words linked to "Virchow" :   pathologist, Rudolf Karl Virchow, diagnostician, Rudolf Virchow


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