See Also: Virchow-Robin space(medicine)
Virchow-Robin space(dictionary)
Virchow's law(medicine)
Virchow's angle(medicine)
Virchow's node(medicine)
Virchow's cells(medicine)
Virchow's corpuscles(medicine)
Virchow's crystals(medicine)
Virchow's disease(medicine)
Virchow's psammoma(medicine)

tentacular (iou) and Virchow-Robin space (medicine)


tentacular (iou)



tentacular adjective. E19.
[formed as TENTACULUM + -AR1.]
Pertaining to or of the Nature of a tentacle or tentacles; fig. of widespread (esp. covert) influence.

Virchow-Robin space (medicine)


Virchow-Robin space


A tunnel-like extension of the subarachnoid space surrounding blood vessels that pass into the brain or spinal cord from the subarachnoid space; the lining of the channel is composed of pia and glial feet of astrocytes; a continuation of the space around capillaries and nerve cells probably does not occur.

Synonym: His' perivascular space.