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Virchow's angle

Virchow's angle proper noun: the angle between the nasobasilar line and the nasosubnasal line.

Proper noun

Virchow's angle

  1. The angle between the nasobasilar line and the nasosubnasal line.

Origin of Virchow's angle

After Rudolf Virchow.

Questions about Virchow's angle

What does Virchow's angle mean?
Virchow's angle means the angle between the nasobasilar line and the nasosubnasal line.
What part of speech is Virchow's angle?
Virchow's angle is a proper noun.

Words near Virchow's angle in the dictionary

  1. vircators
  2. virch
  3. virches
  4. virchovian
  5. Virchow
  6. Virchow's angle
  7. Virchow's cell
  8. Virchow's cells
  9. Virchow's disease
  10. Virchow's gland
  11. Virchow's glands

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