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A colorless, volatile liquid with a charred odor. It is obtained by dry distillation of nitrogen-containing organic matter. It is used as an industrial solvent.  

The delirious or stuporous condition characteristic of high fever.  

Pathogenic bacteria causing fever.    

The general name given to substances derived from pyrethrum flowers (chrysanthemums); used as insecticides.  

A condition in which there are nucleated red cells in the blood.  

The compound C5H60, the ring structure of which consists of five carbon atoms and one oxygen atom.  

Excision of the pyramidal tracts of the spinal cord in order to alleviate involuntary muscular movements.  

The muscle that arises from the crest of the pubis and is inserted into the linea alba upward about halfway to the navel.  

A conical process sometimes present, extending cephalad from the isthmus of the thyroid gland.  

One of a pair of elongated tapering prominences on the anterior (i.e., ventral) surface of the medulla oblongata, composed of descending corticospinal fibers.