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hydrocephaly
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.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | hydrocephaly - 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 neurologicalhydrocephalusabnormalcy, abnormality - an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies |
hydrocephaly
hydrocephalus, hydrocephaly accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid within the ventricles of the brain because its normal outlet has been blocked by congenital malformation or disease. In infancy it usually results in great enlargement of the head hydrocephaly[‚hī·drə′sef·ə·lē] (medicine) Increased volume of cerebrospinal fluid in the skull. MedicalSeehydrocephalushydrocephaly
Related to hydrocephaly: meningitis, microcephaly, cretinism, spina bifidaSynonyms for hydrocephalynoun an abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brainSynonymsRelated Words |