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  • adjective Of or relating to Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564), Flemish anatomist and physician.

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Examples

  • And just as Virchow made the crucial leap from Vesalian anatomy to the physiology of cancer in the nineteenth century, science must make a leap from the molecular anatomy to the molecular physiology of cancer.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • And just as Virchow made the crucial leap from Vesalian anatomy to the physiology of cancer in the nineteenth century, science must make a leap from the molecular anatomy to the molecular physiology of cancer.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • And just as Virchow made the crucial leap from Vesalian anatomy to the physiology of cancer in the nineteenth century, science must make a leap from the molecular anatomy to the molecular physiology of cancer.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • The researchers concluded: Some of these descriptions, such as the eloquent ones provided by Jorjani, were original and have gone mostly unknown to post-Vesalian European scholars.'

    Anatomy of the cranial nerves in medieval Persian literature: Esmail Jorjani (AD 1042-1137) and the treasure of the Khwarazm Shah 2008

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