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Webster 1913 Edition
Hydrocephalus
Hyˊdro-ceph′a-lus
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] hydrocephalus;
ὕδωρ
water + [GREEK] head.] (Med.)
An accumulation of liquid within the cavity of the cranium, especially within the ventricles of the brain; dropsy of the brain. It is due usually to tubercular meningitis. When it occurs in infancy, it often enlarges the head enormously.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hydrocephalus
HYDROCEPH'ALUS
,Noun.
extravasation of the lymph, either within or without the cranium.
Definition 2024
hydrocephalus
hydrocephalus
English
Noun
hydrocephalus (usually uncountable, plural hydrocephaluses)
- (uncountable, medicine) A usually congenital condition in which an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the cerebral ventricles causes enlargement of the skull and compression of the brain, destroying much of the neural tissue
Synonyms
- water on the brain (informal)
Translations
skull enlargement due to fluid
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