cerate: a hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin
ointment: semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
spina bifida: a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis