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Virchow

Definition: Virchow

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).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Virchow" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1859. (references)

 

Synonyms: Virchow

Synonyms: Rudolf Karl Virchow (n), Rudolf Virchow (n). (additional references)
Synonyms by domain: central ependymal thread (medicine), central ependymal tread Virchow, Seckel-Virchow dwarfism, VIRCHOW's gland, VIRCHOW's node.

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Crosswords: Virchow

English words defined with "Virchow": Rudolf Karl Virchow, Rudolf Virchow. (references)

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Modern Usage: Virchow

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Der Kleine Doktor - Virchow (1981)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Virchow

Illustrations:
Virchow

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Photo Album: Virchow

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Professor Rudolph Virchow / Spy [pseud.].Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: Virchow

Expressions using "Virchow": Rudolf Karl Virchow Rudolf Virchow. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Virchow

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

krause virchow

33

virchow

13

rudolf virchow

13

rudolph virchow

9

robin virchow

6

robin space virchow

4

company krause virchow

3

triad virchow

2

biography rudolf virchow

2
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Modern Translations: Virchow

Language Translations for "Virchow"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

substance gélatineuse centrale (central ependymal tread Virchow). (various references)

   

German

  

zentraler Ependymfaden (central ependymal thread, central ependymal tread Virchow). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

irchowvay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Virchow

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-h-i-o-r-v-w"

-2 letters: chiro, choir, ichor.

-3 letters: chow, coir, crow, rich, vrow, whir, wich.

-4 letters: chi, cor, cow, hic, how, ich, orc, rho, roc, row, vow, who.

-5 letters: hi, ho, oh, or, ow, wo.

 Words containing the letters "c-h-i-o-r-v-w"
 

+4 letters: whichsoever.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Virchow


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

56 69 72 63 68 6F 77

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...-    ..    .-.    -.-.    ....    ---    .--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010110 01101001 01110010 01100011 01101000 01101111 01110111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#86 &#105 &#114 &#99 &#104 &#111 &#119

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0056 0069 0072 0063 0068 006F 0077

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

56758469748189

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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