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Cerebellar(medicine)

Souvanna Phouma (sh) and cerebellar fissures (medicine)


Souvanna Phouma (sh)




born Oct. 7, 1901, Luang Prabang, Laos
died Jan. 10, 1984, Vientiane

Premier of Laos (1951-54, 1960, 1962, 1974-75).

Nephew of King Sisavangvong of Laos, Souvanna did not support his uncle's decision to welcome back French rule after the end of World War II. With his half brother Souphanouvong, he joined the Free Laos movement and went into exile when the French reoccupied Laos. In 1949, when the French began to concede authority, he returned, and in 1951 he began his first term as premier. Civil war broke out between the communist Pathet Lao and rightist members of the government; Souvanna served as premier sporadically during that period. He tried to maintain Laotian neutrality during the Vietnam War but came to depend on U.S. military aid; Laos stabilized after the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam. Souvanna remained an adviser to the government until his death.


cerebellar fissures (medicine)


cerebellar fissures


The deep furrows which divide the lobules of the cerebellum.

See: postcentral fissure, primary fissure of cerebellum, secondary fissure of cerebellum.

Synonym: fissurae cerebelli.