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Virchow's law

Virchow's law proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Virchow's law

  1. 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.

Origin of Virchow's law

After Rudolf Virchow.

Questions about Virchow's law

What does Virchow's law mean?
Virchow's law means 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.
What part of speech is Virchow's law?
Virchow's law is a proper noun.

Words near Virchow's law in the dictionary

  1. Virchow's cell
  2. Virchow's cells
  3. Virchow's disease
  4. Virchow's gland
  5. Virchow's glands
  6. Virchow's law
  7. Virchow's line
  8. Virchow's node
  9. Virchow's nodes
  10. Virchow's triad
  11. Virchow-Robin space

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