hydrocephalus
Noun
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Noun
hydrocephalus (uncountable)
- (medicine) 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
- water on the brain (informal)
- French: hydrocéphalie
- German: Hydrocephalus, Hydrozephalus, Wasserkopf
- Italian: idrocefalo, idrocefalia
- Portuguese: hidrocefalia
- Russian: гидроцефа́лия
- Spanish: hidrocefalia
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