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Vir·chow-Ro·bin space | \ ˈfir-ˌḵō-rō-ˈbaⁿ- 
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\Medical Definition of Virchow-Robin space
: any of the spaces that surround blood vessels as they enter the brain and that communicate with the subarachnoid space
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