hydrocephalusn.
/hʌɪdrəʊˈsɛfələs/ Pathology.
A disease of the brain especially incident to young children, consisting in an accumulation of serous fluid in the cavity of the cranium, resulting in gradual expansion of the skull, and finally inducing general weakness, with failure of the memory and mental faculties; water on the brain.
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hydrocephalea1648
hydrocephalus1671
watery head1728
hydrocephaly1882
1671 Philos. Trans. 1670 (Royal Soc.) 5 2080 A child, one year old, so diseased with the Hydrocephalus, that when open'd, there were taken out of his Head 36 ounces of clear, but saltish, water.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Children are more liable to Hydrocephali, than Adults.
1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 516 [He] laboured under a hydrocephalus.
1866 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. 541 The term hydrocephalus has been loosely applied to all accumulations of liquid, in different situations, within the cranium.
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