hydrocephalus

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑδροκέφαλον (hudroképhalon).

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hydrocephalus (usually uncountable, plural hydrocephaluses or hydrocephali)

  1. (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

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