Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

virchow's law

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vir-chow's law
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The observation that, during craniosynostosis, skull growth is restricted to a plane perpendicular to the affected, prematurely fused suture and is enhanced in a plane parallel to it.

Etymology

After Rudolf Virchow.

Questions

What does virchow's law mean?: The observation that, during craniosynostosis, skull growth is restricted to a plane perpendicular to the affected, prematurely fused suture and is enhanced in a plane parallel to it.
Where does virchow's law come from?: After Rudolf Virchow.

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