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A disorder where a person staggers and cannot speak clearly, due to a disease of the cerebellum. Uncoordinated movements, including an unsteady gait, caused by damage to or disease of the cerebellum. Brain tumours, multiple sclerosis and stroke can result in ataxia — as can excessive consumption of alcohol, and degeneration of the cerebellum as…

An antibacterial drug used to treat sinusitis and urinary tract infections.  

A condition in which the pelvic opening of the mother is not large enough for the head of the fetus. A condition in which a baby’s head is too large for its mother’s pelvis, leading to difficult and sometimes impossible labor. Disparity between the dimensions of the fetal head and those of the maternal pelvis.…

An X-ray photograph of the bones of the skull. A special standardized X-ray picture that can be used to measure alterations in the growth of skull bones.  

A swelling caused by part of the brain passing through a weak point in the bones of the skull. Protrusion of the brain from the cranial cavity.  

Turning a wrongly positioned fetus round in the uterus, so that the head will appear first at birth. A procedure for turning a fetus that is lying in a breech or transverse position so that its head will enter the birth passage first. It cannot be performed after labor is well advanced. Turning of the…

A measurement of the shape of the skull. Measurement used to determine whether the head is of normal shape. The index is a ratio of the width of the head (measured where the width is greatest) multiplied by 100 and divided by the length of the head (measured where it is greatest). A number of…

A swelling found mainly on the head of babies delivered with forceps. A significant, soft enlargement on the scalp of a newborn infant is referred to as cephalhematoma. This condition arises from bleeding occurring within the space between the skull and its fibrous covering, known as the periosteum or pericranium, due to the pressure exerted…

An antibiotic used to treat infections of the urinary system or respiratory tract. Oral cephalosporin antibiotic with a spectrum of antibacterial activity similar to that of cephalothin. Well absorbed but rather less active than the injected form of the drug. Oral cephalosporin antibiotic, commonly prescribed for mild to moderately severe in fections of the lungs,…

The central part of an organ. The solid rod-shaped central portion of a vertebra. Any center, especially an anatomical one.