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hydrocephaloid
hy·dro·ceph·a·lus H0343500 (hī′drō-sĕf′ə-ləs) also hy·dro·ceph·a·ly (-lē)n. 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.
[New Latin, from Greek hudrokephalon : hudro-, hydro- + kephalē, head; see ghebh-el- in Indo-European roots.]
hy′dro·ce·phal′ic (-sə-făl′ĭk), hy′dro·ceph′a·loid′ (-loid′), hy′dro·ceph′a·lous (-ləs) adj.EncyclopediaSeehydrocephalushydrocephaloid
hydrocephaloid [hi″dro-sef´ah-loid] resembling hydrocephalus.hydrocephaloid disease a condition resembling hydrocephalus, but with depressed fontanels, following severe diarrhea.hy·dro·ceph·a·loid (hī'drō-sef'ă-loyd), 1. Resembling hydrocephalus. 2. A condition in infants who suffer from diarrhea or other debilitating disease, with dehydration and general symptoms resembling those of hydrocephalus, without, however, any abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid. hy·dro·ceph·a·loid (hī'drō-sef'ă-loyd) 1. Resembling hydrocephalus. 2. A condition in infants suffering from diarrhea or other debilitating disease, with dehydration and general symptoms resembling those of hydrocephalus without, however, any abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid. |