hydrocephalous

Variant of hydrocephalus

noun

a condition characterized by an abnormal increase in the amount of fluid in the cranium, esp. in young children, causing enlargement of the head and deterioration of the brain

Origin: ModL < Gr hydrokephalon < hydōr, water + kephalē, head: see cephalic

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