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Virchow-Robin space(dictionary)
space medicine(medicine)
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Virchow's angle(medicine)
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Virchow's crystals(medicine)

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.