Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

virchow-robin space

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables
vir-chow-robin s-pace
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the immunological spaces between the arteries and veins (not capillaries) and pia mater that can be expanded by leukocytes.

Etymology

After Rudolf Virchow and Charles-Philippe Robin.

Inflected Forms

Virchow-Robin spaces (plural)

Questions

What does virchow-robin space mean?
Any of the immunological spaces between the arteries and veins (not capillaries) and pia mater that can be expanded by leukocytes.
Where does virchow-robin space come from?
After Rudolf Virchow and Charles-Philippe Robin.

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