hydrocephalicadj.n.
/ˌhʌɪdrəʊsɪˈfalɪk/ A. adj.
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, hydrocephalus; affected with hydrocephalus; hence transferred big-headed.
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hydrocephalic1815
hydrocephalous1860
1815 Edinb. Rev. 25 262 Hydrocephalic patients.
1858 J. Copland Dict. Pract. Med. I. 661/1 Death may supervene, preceded by hydrocephalic symptoms.
1860 All Year Round 14 Jan. 283 With..enormous head and hydrocephalic prominency of brain.
B. n.
A person affected with hydrocephalus.
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hydrocephalic1908
1908 A. F. Tredgold Mental Deficiency ( (caption) to Plate xix) Male hydrocephalic.
1930 D. Paterson Sick Children xii. 331 Fifty per cent. of all hydrocephalics suffer from convulsions.
1971 Nature 17 Sept. 171/1 Medicine is keeping alive idiots, hydrocephalics and cases of spina bifida.
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