Complete Definition of "hydrocephalus"

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#uncountable medicine A usually congenital condition in which an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the cerebral ventricle|ventricles causes enlargement of the skull and compression of the brain, destroying much of the neural tissue

Synonyms
water on the brain (informal)

Translations

French: hydrocéphalie f
German: Hydrocephalus m, Hydrozephalus m, Wasserkopf m
Icelandic: vatnshöfuð n
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Spanish: hidrocefalia f

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