Virchow-Robin space

noun

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

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Meanings

nounVirchow-Robin space (plural Virchow-Robin spaces)

plural Virchow-Robin spaces

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

Origin

After Rudolf Virchow and Charles-Philippe Robin.

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APA

Virchow-Robin space. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Virchow-Robin%20space

MLA

“Virchow-Robin space.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Virchow-Robin%20space. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Virchow-Robin space,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Virchow-Robin%20space.

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