See Also: Virchow-Robin space(medicine)
Virchow-Robin space(dictionary)
penance(dictionary)
penance(medicine)
penance(dictionary)
PENANCE, eccl(law)
Virchow's law(medicine)
Virchow's node(medicine)
Virchow's disease(medicine)
Virchow's crystals(medicine)

Virchow-Robin space (iou) and penance (oh)


Virchow-Robin space (iou)



Virchow-Robin space noun phr. L19.
[from R. L. K. Virchow (1821-1902), German pathologist + C. P. Robin (1821-85), French histologist.]
Anatomy. An extension of the subarachnoid space surrounding a blood-vessel as it enters the brain or the spinal cord.

penance (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: Medieval Latin poenitentia, from Latin paenitere; PENITENT1]
[C usually singular, U] something that you must do to show that you are sorry for something you have done wrong, especially in some religions
do/perform penance
::We prayed and did penance together.
penance for
::as a penance for his sins
[singular] something that you have to do but do not enjoy doing
::Working in the Garden was a kind of penance.