hydrocephalus
pronunciation
How to pronounce hydrocephalus in British English:
UK ['haɪdrəʊ'sefələs]
How to pronounce hydrocephalus in American English:
US ['haɪdrə'sefələs]
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- Noun:
- an abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain; in infants it can cause abnormally rapid growth of the head and bulging fontanelles and a small face; in adults the symptoms are primarily neurological
Word Origin
- hydrocephalus (n.)
- 1660s, medical Latin, from Greek hydro- "water" (see water (n.1)) + kephale "head" (see cephalo-). Related: Hydrocephalic; hydrocephalous.
Example
- 1. Have you considered normal pressure hydrocephalus ?
- 2. This can result in obstructive hydrocephalus .
- 3. Complications and therapy of hydrocephalus shunts .
- 4. Association for spina bifida and hydrocephalus .
- 5. Analysis of 20 cases of hydrocephalus combined with lumbosacral cystoid spina bifida .