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Any of the spaces at the base of the brain where the arachnoid becomes widely separated from the pia, giving rise to large cavities.  

Cirrhosis occurring in tertiary syphilis, in which gummas form in the liver and cause coarse lobulation on healing.  

One of the several branches of the ciliary ganglion supplying the ciliary muscle, iris, and tunics of the eyeball.  

A mild, usually benign disorder of adults marked by chorea-like movements and mild cognitive deficits. It may be related to Huntington’s chorea.  

Skin changes including papules and plaques that occur on sun-exposed areas of the lips.  

A type of charcoal used in treating poisoning. It is several more times as effective as activated charcoal.  

A trait present in only one sex even though the gene responsible is present in both sexes.  

A genetic trait carried by both sexes but expressed or inhibited by the sex of the individual.  

Group of cephalosporin antibiotics possessing some ability to kill gram-positive cocci such as staphylococci and streptococci, as well as aerobic gram-negative rods. Some agents, namely cefotetan, cefoxitin, and cefmetazole, can be used to treat anaerobic infections. Examples of second-generation cephalosporins are cefamandole, cefuroxime, cefonicid, ceforanide, cefixime, cefaclor, cefoxitin, cefotetan, and cefmetazole.  

One of the principal centers controlling perspiration located in the hypothalamus; secondary centers are present in the spinal cord.