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A fungal infection that affects the three membranes (meninges) surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Symptoms include severe headache, vertigo, nausea, anorexia, sight disorders, and mental deterioration. A form of meningitis that is a feature of cryptococcosis. Fungal meningitis due to Cryptococcus neoformans. A rare cause of disease in healthy hosts, cryptococcal meningitis is an…

Deep freezing at the time of death to preserve the person until a later date when their diseases or cause of death can be cured.  

A large thermos-like container in which dead bodies are stored in liquid nitrogen.  

Flail chest.  

Fiber tracts of the ventral and lateral regions of the midbrain that connect the spinal cord with the anterior cerebral region. A pair of bands joining the cerebrum to the medulla and pons.  

Two structures linking the top of the shaft of the clitoris to the public bone. Similar structures link the penis to the pubic bone. A pair of elongated masses or diverging bands resembling legs.  

Pertains to the homosexual community that refers to a gay person going to a bar, public bath, or party for the purpose of picking up a sexual partner.  

Opium extracted from the opium poppy before any processing.  

The presentation of the baby’s head at the vaginal opening during the birth process. The act of putting an artificial crown on a tooth. A stage in childbirth in which the top of the baby’s head becomes visible. The first glimpse of a baby’s head through the vagina during labor and delivery. The stage of…

In research, tabulation of data in terms of two or more variables. For example, respondents’ choices of each of five possible answers to a question are tabulated; the tabulations for each response are then categorized by another variable, such as gender. Results would be displayed in a 2 (male, female) x 5 (the number of…