SINCE 1828
Virchow-Robin space
noun
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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