1. German pathologist who recognized that all cells come from cells by binary fission and who emphasized cellular abnormalities in disease (1821-1902); [syn: Virchow, Rudolf Virchow, Rudolf Karl Virchow]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Rudolf Virchow
n 1: German pathologist who recognized that all cells come from
cells by binary fission and who emphasized cellular
abnormalities in disease (1821-1902) [syn: Virchow,
Rudolf Virchow, Rudolf Karl Virchow]