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单词 hydrocephalus
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Definition of hydrocephalus in English:

hydrocephalus

noun ˌhʌɪdrəˈkɛf(ə)ləsˌhʌɪdrəˈsɛf(ə)ləsˌhaɪdroʊˈsɛfələs
mass nounMedicine
  • A condition in which fluid accumulates in the brain, typically in young children, enlarging the head and sometimes causing brain damage.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Patients with neurologic diseases such as hydrocephalus and meningitis may also present with persistent vomiting.
    • About 90 percent of children with the most severe form of spina bifida develop hydrocephalus, or fluid on the brain.
    • Neuroimaging may diagnose vascular disease, normal pressure hydrocephalus, tumors, abscess, or subdural hematoma.
    • These conditions include stroke, multiple sclerosis, spina bifida, epilepsy, hydrocephalus and many other conditions.
    • Sometimes, the large head size reflects hydrocephalus (excess fluid in the brain) and requires surgery.

Derivatives

  • hydrocephalic

  • adjective ˌhʌɪdrəsɪˈfalɪkˌhʌɪdrəkɪˈfalɪk
    Medicine
    • The fact that a large proportion of those babies aborted using this method are hydrocephalic, with brains too small to thrive and heads too big to pass the pubic bone, is secondary.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • There is little here for even adults to mock, apart from the fact that in spite of being clearly underage (with that button nose and hydrocephalic cranium), she runs off with the prince at the end.
      • It was developed to provide a greater degree of control in the use of hydrocephalic shunting, a technique for draining the excess fluid from the brain.
      • Thomas saw the hydrocephalic child and adopted him.
      • The test would not have revealed the fetus' hydrocephalic disorder.
  • hydrocephaly

  • noun
    Medicine
    • In our case, prenatal sonographic examination revealed oligohydramnios and hydrocephaly in the 33rd week of gestation.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Children with hydrocephaly are not as common as many other disabilities, meaning their families and communities can often find it very hard to accept and understand.
      • They learned that the man had had hydrocephaly as a baby.

Origin

Late 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek hudrokephalon, from hudro- 'water' + kephalē 'head'.

 
 

Definition of hydrocephalus in US English:

hydrocephalus

nounˌhaɪdroʊˈsɛfələsˌhīdrōˈsefələs
Medicine
  • A condition in which fluid accumulates in the brain, typically in young children, enlarging the head and sometimes causing brain damage.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Patients with neurologic diseases such as hydrocephalus and meningitis may also present with persistent vomiting.
    • These conditions include stroke, multiple sclerosis, spina bifida, epilepsy, hydrocephalus and many other conditions.
    • Neuroimaging may diagnose vascular disease, normal pressure hydrocephalus, tumors, abscess, or subdural hematoma.
    • Sometimes, the large head size reflects hydrocephalus (excess fluid in the brain) and requires surgery.
    • About 90 percent of children with the most severe form of spina bifida develop hydrocephalus, or fluid on the brain.

Origin

Late 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek hudrokephalon, from hudro- ‘water’ + kephalē ‘head’.

 
 
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